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The Belfast lovers, and Oh! cruel
Description:
Printed in two columns divided by ruled line of advertising with line of type ornaments at ends: Sold, by L. Deming, wholesale and retail, No. …
Year:
1832
Contributor:
Deming, Leonard, 1787-1853 (bookseller.)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Constancy > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Local ID:
HB16735 MA
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Bold Dighton
Description:
Poem in twenty-six stanzas.
Printed in two columns divided by ruled line of advertising with type ornaments at ends: Sold by Deming, wholesale and retail, …
Year:
1832
Contributor:
Russell, P. (creator)
Deming, Leonard, 1787-1853 (bookseller)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Escapes > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Prisoners of war > Guadeloupe > Poetry
Naval battles > Poetry
West Indies > History > Poetry
France > Commercial policy > 19th century > Poetry
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB21274
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Bold Dighton
Description:
Printed in two columns divided by ruled line of advertising with type ornaments at end: Sold wholesale and retail by J.G. and H. Hunt, at …
Year:
1834
Contributor:
Russell, P. (creator)
Hunt, Hiram. (bookseller)
Hunt, James G. (bookseller)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Escapes > Poetry
Prisoners of war > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Naval battles > Poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
France > Commercial policy > 19th century
West Indies > History > Poetry
Local ID:
HB2929
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
British lamentation. Together with, The sailor's rewards
Description:
Poetry.
Printed area measures 21 x 17.4 cm.
Printed in two columns divided by double line.
"British lamentation", a poem in 13 stanzas, is also …
Year:
1810
Contributor:
Deming, Leonard, 1787-1853 (bookseller)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Great Britain. > Army > Colonial forces > History > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Death in poetry
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > British forces > Poetry
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB10438
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Capt. Kidd, pirate, hanged at Execion Dock, in England
Description:
Printed in two columns divided by ruled line of advertising: Sold wholesale and retail by H[unts and S]haw, N.E. corner Faneuil Hall Market, Boston.
At …
Year:
1835
Contributor:
Hunt, Hiram (bookseller)
Shaw, Nathaniel (bookseller)
Hunt, John G., fl. 1834-1841 (bookseller)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Kidd, William > d. 1701 > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Conduct of life > Poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
Pirates in literature
Local ID:
HB14922
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Captain James, who was hung and gibbeted in England, for st[a]rving to death h[is] cabbin boy
Description:
Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments (Reilly 497) and partial line of print: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun. Milk Street, Boston. …
Year:
1813
Contributor:
Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824 (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Peevee, Richard > Poetry
Death in poetry
Torture > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Executions and executioners > Poetry
Local ID:
HB2285
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Captain Robert Kidd:
a noted pirate, who was hanged at Execution Dock, in England
Description:
Poetry in 25 stanzas printed in two columns divided by ruled line of advertising: Sold wholesale and retail, with a variety of other articles, by …
Year:
1834
Contributor:
Hunt, Hiram. (bookseller)
Hunt, John G., fl. 1834-1841 (bookseller)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Kidd, William > d. 1701 > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Conduct of life > Poetry
Admonitory verses
Pirates in literature
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB10460 MA
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Captain Ward the pirate:
with an account of his famous fight with the Rainbow ship of war
Description:
Poem in 108 lines printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments.
Cut of ship at left of title.
Supplied imprint information suggested …
Year:
1800
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Captain > Ward, John
Rainbow (Bark)
Pirates > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Naval battles > Poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 18th century
Great Britain > History > James I, 1603-1825 > Poetry
Local ID:
HB19549
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Captain Ward the pirate
Description:
Poem in 108 lines printed in two columns divided by double line.
Printed area measures 24.4 x 16.7 cm.
Supplied imprint information suggested by internal …
Year:
1810
Contributor:
Deming, Leonard, 1787-1853 (bookseller)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Captain > Ward, John
Rainbow (Bark)
Pirates > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Naval battles > Poetry
Great Britain > History > James I, 1603-1625 > Poetry
Local ID:
HB30221 MA
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
The distressed sailor garland:
or, A new song on the miseries and hardships of shipwrecked sailors
Description:
At head of text: To an excellent new tune.
Year:
1800
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Sailors > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Local ID:
HB12531
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
The dying words of Capt. Robert Kidd, a noted pirate, who was hanged at Execution Dock in England
Description:
Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments.
At left of title woodcut of chained prisoner sitting.
At end of text: Printed and …
Year:
1824
Contributor:
Trumbull, Henry, 1781-1843 (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Kidd, William > d. 1701
Crimes and criminals > Poetry
Conduct of life > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
Admonitory verses
Local ID:
HB10361 RI
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
The escape from Bassaterre
Description:
Printed in two columns; within border of type ornaments.
Narrowness of upper margin could indicate that this is a section of a larger sheet: see …
Year:
1820
Contributor:
Russell, P. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Escapes > Poetry
Prisoners of war > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
France > Commercial policy > 19th century
West Indies > History > Poetry
United States > Foreign relations > 1801-1815
Local ID:
HB14155
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
The escape from Basseterre
Description:
Printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line; within border of type ornaments
At head of text: Composed while the author lay in irons, in …
Year:
1810
Contributor:
Russell, P. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Escapes > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Prisoners of war > Guadeloupe > Poetry
Naval battles > Poetry
Local ID:
HB19592
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Kelly, the pirate:
and Mistress Goose
Description:
Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments.
At center of title cut of sailing ship.
At end of text: Printed and sold, …
Year:
1824
Contributor:
M'Cleland, J. (Joseph) (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Seafaring life > Poetry
Mate selection > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
Pirates > Poetry
United States > New York > New York
Local ID:
HB12569
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
The lines on this sheet were composed by P. Russell, while lying in irons in the Moro Castle:
- who has been prevented from obtaining a livelihood in the ordinary pursuits of life by wounds received in battle
Description:
Contains 6 poems.
Title and introduction printed across full width of sheet. Four quadrants beneath, outlined by borders of type ornaments, contain one or two …
Year:
1810
Contributor:
Russell, P. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Russell, P > Biography > Poetry
Farewells > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Prisoners of war > Poetry
Appeals for charity
Escapes > Poetry
United States > History > War of 1812 > Poetry
France > Commercial policy > 19th century
West Indies > History > Poetry
Local ID:
HB19569
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
The lines on this sheet were composed by P. Russell, who has received eleven wounds under the American flag, who has endured seven captivities, and remained two full years in irons ... in the Moro Castle, (in the island of Cuba) without once beholding the light of the sun
Description:
Contains 6 poems.
Title and introduction printed across full width of sheet. The Four quadrants beneath outlined by borders of type ornaments, contain one or …
Year:
1810
Contributor:
Russell, P. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Plummer, P > Biography > Poetry
Farewells > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Prisoners of war > Poetry
Appeals for charity
Escapes > Poetry
United States > History > War of 1812 > Poetry
France > Commercial policy > 19th century
West Indies > History > Poetry
Local ID:
HB12223
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Paul Jones victory
Description:
The poem in 12 stanzas relates the naval battle between the Bon Homme Richard and Serapis on Sept. 23, 1779 and is a shorter variant …
Year:
1800
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Jones, John Paul > 1747-1792 > Poetry
Sir > Pearson, Richard > 1731-1806 > Poetry
Bon Homme Richard (Frigate) > Poetry
Serapis (Ship) > Poetry
Naval battles > Poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
Patriotic poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Naval operations > Poetry
Great Britain > History > 1760-1789
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB12179
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Paul Jones' victory:
And, Adam & Eve
Description:
Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments, second poem in smaller type.
The poem "Paul Jones' Victory" in 13 stanzas, relates the …
Year:
1810
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Jones, John Paul > 1747-1792 > Poetry
Sir > Pearson, Richard > 1731-1806 > Poetry
Bon Homme Richard (Frigate) > Poetry
Serapis (Ship) > Poetry
Naval battles > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Married people > Conduct of life > Poetry
Men (Christian theology) > Poetry
Women > Religious aspects > Christianity > Poetry
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Naval operations > Poetry
Great Britain > History > 1760-1789 > Poetry
Local ID:
HB18383
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
Paul Jones' victory:
And, Adam & Eve
Description:
Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments, second poem in smaller type.
The poem "Paul Jones' Victory" in 13 stanzas, relates the …
Year:
1810
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Jones, John Paul > 1747-1792 > Poetry
Sir > Pearson, Richard > 1731-1806 > Poetry
Bon Homme Richard (Frigate) > Poetry
Serapis (Ship) > Poetry
Naval battles > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Married people > Conduct of life > Poetry
Men (Christian theology) > Poetry
Women > Religious aspects > Christianity > Poetry
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Naval operations > Poetry
Great Britain > History > 1760-1789 > Poetry
Local ID:
HB11884
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
The Rock of Skilor, or The unfortunate sailor
Description:
Verse in eleven stanzas printed in two columns divided by line of advertising with type ornaments at each end: Sold Wholesale and Retail corner of …
Year:
1829
Contributor:
Deming, Leonard, 1787-1853 (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Shipwrecks > Poetry
Constancy > Poetry
Seafaring life > Poetry
Death in poetry
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB20522 MA
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record
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