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Theatre on fire Awful calamity! A letter from Richmond, Virginia dated Dec. 27, says, "Last night the theatre took fire and was consumed, together with about 80 people, with the Governor Smith ..." Later accounts say, 160 skull bones have been found

The ballad on this broadside is about a theatre fire. This broadside has one woodcut.

Date:1812

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Melancholy events Boston, July 21st, 1813. On Monday last, the sloop Liberty ... was overset in a squall between this town and Noddle's Island, and sunk ... About the same time, a pleasure-boat ... was overset, on the edge of Dorchester flats ... The following lines have been written on the distressing occasion [One line from the Holy Writ]

The ballad on this broadside is about shipwrecks and death. This broadside has six woodcuts.

Date:1813

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An Elegy on the death of the Reverend Joseph S. Buckminster, the beloved pastor of the church in Brattle Street Boston Who departed this life June 9 [1812], in the 29th year of his age

The ballad on this broadside is about the death of Reverend Joseph Buckminster. This broadside has one woodcut.

Date:1812

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The Valley below, together with Sterne's Maria

The ballads on this broadside are about love. This broadside has two woodcuts and three ornaments.

Date:1810-1814

Publisher:Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824, printer.

Tom Bolin, and the Maid of Boston

The ballads on this broadside are about a man named Tom Bolin, and love. This broadside has one woodcut and three ornaments.

Date:1810-1814

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Death of General Wolfe; together with Tippy Jack's journey to Brighton

The ballads on this broadside are about death and a journey. This broadside has three ornaments.

Date:1810-1814

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Death of General Wolfe, together with Susan's lamentation

The ballads on this broadside are about death and love. This broadside has four ornaments.

Date:1810-1814

Publisher:Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824, printer.

Mary's dream, together with Just like love--Sally Roy--Henry and Emma

The ballads on this broadside are about love. This broadside has four ornaments.

Date:1810-1814

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A Lamentation for Gen. Washington, Esq. commander in chief of the combined forces of America and France, during the Revolutionary War, and afterwards president of the United States of America---who died December 14th, 1799

The ballad on this broadside is about the death of Washington. This broadside has one woodcut and one ornament.

Date:1810-1814

Publisher:Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824, printer.

Lady Washington's lamentation for the death of her husband

The ballad on this broadside is about the death of Washington. This broadside has one woodcut.

Date:1810-1814

Publisher:Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824, printer.

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Theatre on fire Awful calamity! A letter from Richmond, Virginia dated Dec. 27, says, "Last night the theatre took fire and was consumed, together with about 80 people, with the Governor Smith ..." Later accounts say, 160 skull bones have been found

An Elegy on the death of the Reverend Joseph S. Buckminster, the beloved pastor of the church in Brattle Street Boston Who departed this life June 9 [1812], in the 29th year of his age

The Valley below, together with Sterne's Maria

Tom Bolin, and the Maid of Boston

Death of General Wolfe; together with Tippy Jack's journey to Brighton

Death of General Wolfe, together with Susan's lamentation

Mary's dream, together with Just like love--Sally Roy--Henry and Emma

A Lamentation for Gen. Washington, Esq. commander in chief of the combined forces of America and France, during the Revolutionary War, and afterwards president of the United States of America---who died December 14th, 1799

Lady Washington's lamentation for the death of her husband