Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project

Verses in Vogue with the Vulgar

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Woodcut for Murder: death of Miss Mack Coy [i.e., McCoy], and the Young Teazer : On the death of Miss Elizabeth Mack Coy, of Lee, (N.H.) who was cruelly, murdered it is expected, towards the end of August, 1813: and on the deaths of Capt. Dobson, Lieut. Johnson, sailing master Merril, prize master Allen, and twenty five others, killed by a dreadful explosion on board a privateer called the Young Teazer: fire having been conveyed to the magazine it is expected, by this Johnson, who it is likely would have been hanged, had he not killed himself / Written by J. Plummer, travelling preacher

1.7 x 21.5 cm

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Woodcut for 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]

4.1 x 18.7 cm

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Woodcut for Lines composed on the execution of W. Clement's: : who was shot for desertion, on Fort Independence, Feb. 18 having been four times pardoned, but having last deserted his post, was condemned to die

3.7 x 2.0 cm

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Woodcut for The Chelsea butcher : A tragical account of the cruel murder, of three innocent creatures, by a butcher in Chelsea. : Tune--Moll Row

4.2 x 2.1 cm; 4.2 x 2.2 cm; 4.3 x 2.3 cm

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Woodcut for The Chelsea butcher : A tragical account of the cruel murder, of three innocent creatures, by a butcher in Chelsea. : Tune--Moll Row

3.9 x 6.9 cm

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