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Description: The humorous illustration depicts people behaving poorly at dinner. There is dialogue written above the heads of the diners.
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Date: May 1816
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas
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[Petition for building a school for the poor]

Description: The citizens of Northumberland County agree to a charter allowing another academy of the same name within the same county for the poor. The funding is discussed and the land that was for public use will be used. Petitioners are against the school being built with public funds and believe that the poor should be paying for their school. The petitioners believe that in building the school it would go against the legislation of the county. The author gives examples of cases that disprove the peti… more
Date: January 12, 1818
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[Letter from Elvira Moore to Uncle Evans, June 18, 1872]

Description: The author wrote to Jim B. on the thirtieth of May, Neel Jones and John Wallace also visited the author. She talks of how it rained in Billington when she visited and then she got a cold from it. [2]The author again is not feeling well and this prevented her from visiting Jim Wilson. She had dinner with Callie and Will.[3] Bettie had a headache and the author had eye problems. The author mentions that there are a lot of Veterans when she went to go get her eyes checked out. [4] There was a dinn… more
Date: June 18, 1812
Creator: Moore, Elvira
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[Binder's Collection: G. K. Whitaker]

Description: Bound compilation of sheet music from the collection of Thurman Morrison, compiled by Gertrude K. Whitaker. The selections include multiple titles on military themes, including works dedicated to military figures of the time. Other works include ballads, waltzes, and the three-part cantata, The May Queen. Five works in this volume were composed by Charles Grobe. Almost half of the thirty-six items in the collection were published in Philadelphia, with others published in Baltimore, New York, an… more
Date: 1818/1859
Creator: Whitaker, Gertrude K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Musical Score/Notation
Partner: UNT Music Library

[Binder's Collection: E. & F. Schetter]

Description: Bound compilation of sheet music compiled by E. and F. Schetter. A blank page near the end is inscribed with "To be sent to Miss Ellen Schetter, care of Doct. Louis Schetter, Piqua, Ohio." The collection consists primarily of variations and other works based on those of other composers. The volume also contains Books 1 and 3 of Carl Czerny's L'ecole des expressions. Four works by Henri Herz are present, and source material for derivative works comes from Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, and… more
Date: 1819/1856
Creator: Schetter, E. & Schetter, F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Musical Score/Notation
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[Binder's Collection: R. S. Harrington]

Description: Bound compilation of sheet music compiled by R.S. Harrington. The collection consists of music for dances, ballads, and minstrel songs, notably juxtaposing songs with related titles, (Young Folks at Home and Old Folks at Home; Are We Almost There? and We Are Almost There). Most selections were published in Boston or New York. This item contains racial slurs and stereotyping.
Date: 1817/1859
Creator: Harrington, R. S.
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Elements of Musical Composition; comprehending the Rules of Thorough Bass, and the Theory of Tuning.

Description: Manual describing musical composition for beginners. The manual is divided in 9 chapters and includes 479 musical examples engraved in 59 pages at the end of the book, as well as four plates with figures (plate no. II appears at the beginning of the book. The musical examples cover the following subjects: scales, intervals (diatonic and chromatic) and their inversion, counterpoint rules, harmonic progressions, use of non-harmonic tones (suspensions, passing notes, appoggiaturas, and upper-low… more
Date: 1812
Creator: Crotch, William, 1775-1847
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Partner: UNT Music Library
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