Sheet Music, "A Song for the Times"

 
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Sheet Music, "A Song for the Times"
Sheet Music, "A Song for the Times"
Sheet Music, "A Song for the Times"
Sheet Music, "A Song for the Times"

Sheet Music, "A Song for the Times"

Object number1979.122.11
Date1864
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (90.2 x 69.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionSheet music - "A Song for the Times", written by Dan D. Emmett and published by Wm. A. Pond & Co. in New York. A campaign and civil war song celbrating Ulysses S. Grant as a union hero. Three leaves of paper printed with black ink and bound at left edge with string. Title page has title and words: "1st Produced at Bryant's Minstrels, New York, and sung by the whole nation". Lettering and engraving of Grant and elaborate patriotic design of letters. Enclosed by border or acanthus motifs. Interior leaves have music and words printed. Back page is "a careful selection of songs and ballads...Wm. Pond and Co..."
    H.E. Morton, pencil script, top right of title page.
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