Contributor:

Buckley, James 1803-1872  Search this

White, Charles 1821-1891  Search this

Wood, Henry active 1851-1866  Search this

Compiler:

Christy, Edwin Pearce 1815-1862  Search this

Publisher:

Marsh, Richard (Publisher),)  Search this

Physical description:

248 pages, 1 unnumbered page, vi pages illustrations 12 cm, in envelope 23 cm

Type:

Texts

Music

Place:

United States

Date:

1855

Notes:

Includes index

Numerous errors in paging

Performers mentioned: Christy's Celebrated Band of Minstrels; Ethiopian Serenaders; G.W. Moore; G. Wray in White's Band of Serenaders; John Smith; Mr. D. Kelly; Mr. T.D. Rice; Mr. Whitlock; Old Dan Emmit; Old Jim Carter; Picaninny Coleman; Sable Brothers; T.G. Booth's Kentucky Minstrels; and the Virginia Minstrels

Without music ; some tunes indicated by title

NMAFRB copy 39088016281875 is the gift of Barry Greenstein

NMAFRB copy is imperfect: there is a tear in pages 235-236, affecting the final 2 lines on page 236. Pages 63-64, 97-98, 117-118, 161-162, and the back free endpaper have been torn out

NMAFRB copy has the publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth binding with gilt-stamped spine; housed in an archival envelope for preservation

Topic:

African Americans--Songs and music  Search this

Ballads, English  Search this

Minstrel music  Search this

African Americans  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1063660