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Grace Darling : "why wakes my child at this wild hour?" stanzas commemorative of the beroic bravery of Gace Darling & her father on the occasion of the disastrous wreck of the Forfarshire steam ship on the 7th September, 1838 / Sung by Mr. C. E. Horn at his soirees ; the music composed by Edward Perry

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Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1839
Call number: priJLC_SMUS Box 20
Creator: Meineke, C (1782-1850)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the sheet music was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2019.
Restrictions: IN PROCESS COLLECTION: Some material may be unavailable. Please contact Reader Services for more information.
Dimensions: 33 cm
Associated people: Hemans, (1793-1835,); Campbell, Thomas, (1790-1858,); Last, Jay T.,; Webb, L. W.,
Associated organization: John Cole & Son,
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