Box 8
Container
Contains 5 Results:
President Lincoln's Funeral March / composed by E. Mack. Philadelphia: Lee Walker, 1865
File — Box: 8, Folder: F65
Scope and Contents
Note on sheet music: Gift of J. Stuart Groves 5 Jl 39.
Dates:
1865
Our American Cousin Polka / performed at Laura Keene's Theatre with unbounded applause / composed by Thomas Baker. New York: John M. Willson, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: F66
Dates:
undated
Our Brutus / words fromLa Grosse Democrat; music by E. B. Armand. New Orleans: A.E. Glackmar, 1868
File — Box: 8, Folder: F67
Scope and Contents
"This poem was written at the time when it was proposed to bury its illustrious subject in the ocean, so that no trace of his resting place could be found by those who might wish to honor his remains." Song in praise of John Wilkes Booth.
Dates:
1868
Rest, Noble Chieftain / Song on the Death of President Lincoln / by C. Archer. Philadelphia: Lee Walker, 1865
File — Box: 8, Folder: F68
Scope and Contents
Note on sheet music: Gift of J. Stuart Groves 5 JL 39.
Dates:
1865
Your Mission / Song / melody by S. M. Grannis. Cleveland: S. Brainard Co., 1862
File — Box: 8, Folder: F69
Scope and Contents
Dedication "to Miss L.A. Gillett, Saline, Mich." Inside cover text explains that Abraham Lincoln requested this song at the January 1865 anniversary of the United States Christian Commission held at Washington.
Dates:
1862