The Dorsetshire garland, or The miser outwitted: showing how a rich gentleman of Dorsetshire, who had but one child, a daughter, about 14 years old, when he died, left her to the care of his brother, a rich miser; how the miser contrived to murder his neice for the sake of her money, but was disappointed of his wicked purpose; and how he was forced to part with all his gold to save his life
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Date
1810-1814Place of Publication
Boston.Publisher
Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824, printer.Subjects
Deception in literatureGreed
Ghosts
First Line
Come listen a while to these lines which I sing.Identifiers
BIB ID: 276736OCLC Control No.: (OCoLC)ocm83218082
OCLC Control No.: (OCoLC)ocn191457543
Ford, W.C. Thomas ballads, 67
AAS General Catalog URL: http://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=276736
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Physical Dimensions
42 x 26 cm.Transcriptions
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“The Dorsetshire garland, or The miser outwitted: showing how a rich gentleman of Dorsetshire, who had but one child, a daughter, about 14 years old, when he died, left her to the care of his brother, a rich miser; how the miser contrived to murder his neice for the sake of her money, but was disappointed of his wicked purpose; and how he was forced to part with all his gold to save his life,” Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project, accessed August 19, 2022, https://www.americanantiquarian.org/thomasballads/items/show/92.