Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project

Verses in Vogue with the Vulgar

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Yankee song.

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Yankee privateering, shewing how a little whale-boat, belonging to Portland, took a large British vessel, and being too proud to come home on the water, jumped on the deck of her prize and rode into port

The ballad on this broadside is about Yankee privateering. This broadside has three woodcuts and two ornaments.

Date:1810-1814

Publisher:Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824, printer.

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Yankee frolics, brought down to April 27th, 1813

The ballad on this broadside is about American naval victories. This broadside has one woodcut and two ornaments.

Date:1814

Publisher:Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824, printer.

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Yankee Doodle; or (as now christened by the Saints of New England), The Lexington March

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Yankee chronology: or Huzza for the American navy

The ballad on this broadside is about the American navy. This broadside has one woodcut.

Date:1813

Publisher:Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824, printer.

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Written and corrected by James Campbell, late of the Constitution : in behalf of the brave Capt. James Lawrence, and Lieut. C. Ludlow, of the Chesapeake. Together with---Lines on the death of Lt. Ludlow......Tune "Disconsolate sailor"

The ballads on this broadside are about naval battles, seafaring life and Captain James Lawrence. This broadside has one woodcut and one ornament.

Date:1813

Publisher:Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824, printer.

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Woodcut or Description of a wonderful old man: : together with An Irish song

7.9 x 6.5 cm

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Woodcut for William Riley: : together with the Sailor boy

3.3 x 4.1 cm

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Woodcut for Will the weaver, : and The blue bells of Scotland

2.0 x 2.0 cm each
2.0 x 6.0 cm overall

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Woodcut for Truxton's victory: or Brave Yankee boys

8.4 x 12.5 cm

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