This collection is comprised of sheet music from the mid to late 19th century, as well as music about the American Civil War from the first half of the twentieth century.
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Submissions from 1848
[The] Indian Hunter, Eliza Cook, Henry Russell, and Peters & Field
[Les] Ideales, Charles Grobe and Lee & Walker
I Wonder’d by the Brookside, James Hine, S. O. Dyer, and William Hall & Son
Eight Dollars A Day (Dedicated to Congress), J. J. Hutchinson and Oliver Ditson
[The] Old Veteran, Nelson Kneass, T. H. Bayly, and W. C. Peters & Co
Julia Am A Beauty, Nelson Kneass and W. C. Peters & Co
Ben Bolt; or Oh! Don't You Remember, Nelson Kneass and W. C. Peters & Sons
Flora’s Festival Waltzes, J. Labitzky, Henry D. Sofge, and W. C. Peters
[The] Creole Waltz, Thomas J. Martin and Miller & Beacham
General Persifor F. Smith’s March, T. J. Martin and Miller & Beacham
Taylor’s Grand March, J. Messemer and H. J. Peters & Co.
Oh! Leave Me Not in Sorrow, Miss Hurley; Mary; and Firth, Pond & Co.
[The] Friends of Early Years, Mrs. Abdy, Richard B. Taylor, and Oliver Ditson
[The] Moon’s On the Lake, Walter Scott, Alexander Lee, and William Hall & Son
Florence Vane, Charles Warren; Cooke; and Mason, Colburn & Co.
[The] Floral Waltz, Friedrich Werner and Peters, Field & Co.
Submissions from 1847
[The] Funeral of an Odd Fellow, John C. Baker and C. H. Keith's Music Publishing House
I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls, M. W. Balfe, Alfred Bunn, and Oliver Ditson
Long, Long Ago, Fanny Bell and Oliver Ditson
[The] Lilly of the Valley, Edwin P. Christy and Jaques & Brother
Jamie’s On the Stormy Sea, Bernard Covert and Oliver Ditson
[The] Rainy Day Song, William R. Dempster, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Oliver Ditson
Cally Polka, Allen Dodworth, N. Andrew Baldwin, William Dressler, and Wm. Hall & Son
Empress Henrietta Waltz, H. Herz and W. C. Peters
Mona Machree, George Linley and Atwill
Jessie, G. Linley and Firth, Hall & Pond
Mary Dear!, H. C. Lunn, W. C. Peters, and W. C. Peters
[The] Evening Rose, G. A. Osborne and Oliver Ditson
Santa Anna’s March, W. C. Peters and W. C. Peters
[The] Camp of Glory, W. C. Peters and W. C. Peters
[The] First Gray Hair, H. August Pond and T. B. Mason
[The] Battle of Buena Vista, William Striby and H. J. Peters & Co.
It was a Form, W. V. Wallace, Alfred Bunn, and Firth & Hall
He Doeth All Things Well, I. B. Woodbury, F. M. E., and Geo. P. Reed
Be Kind to the Loved Ones at Home, I. B. Woodbury and Martin & Beals
Submissions from 1846
Thou Hast Wounded the Spirit That Loved Thee, A Lady and F. D. Benteen
[The] Sultans Band March, Francis H. Brown and G. P. Reed
[The] Forget Me Not, F. D. Benteen
Governor Young’s Grand March, Anna Saltus and C. Holt Jr.
Submissions from 1845
In My Gallant Barque, J. Barnett and G. Willig Jr
My Daughter Fan, J. Blewitt; Thomas Haynes Bayly; and Fiot, Meignen & Co
[The] May Queen Waltz, Francis H. Brown and Atwill
Love On, Eliza Cook, John Blockley, and Geo. P. Reed
A Home In the Heart, Eliza Cook, William R. Dempster, and Oliver Ditson
[The] Death of Warren, William R. Dempster, Epes Sargent, and Oliver Ditson
Let Us Love One Another, William R. Dempster, Charles Swain, and Oliver Ditson
[The] May Queen; Part 1, William R. Dempster, Alfred Tennyson, and Oliver Ditson
[The] May Queen; Part 2, William R. Dempster, Alfred Tennyson, and Oliver Ditson
[The] May Queen; Part 3, William R. Dempster, Alfred Tennyson, and Oliver Ditson
Oh Summer Night, Donizetti and William Hutchins Callott
[Selection from] Leonora, Fry and E. Ferrett & Co.
I’ll Tell Nobody, Geo. Willig Jr.
Thou Art Lovelier, Maria B. Hawes, Richard Howitt, and E. Ferrett & Co.
[The] Gipsy Polka, Leutner and Geo. P. Reed & Co.
[Le] Postillion Polka, Joseph Messemer and H. J. Peters & Co.
Origin of the Harp, Thomas Moore and S. Brainard & Co.
Evening Song to the Virgin at Sea, Mrs. Hemans, Harriet Browne Owen, and Bourne
Passing Away, Edwin J. Nielson, Mrs. Hemans, and Oliver Ditson
Indian Hunter Quickstep, Henry Russell, Allen Dodworth, and Firth. Hall & Pond
On the Broad Waves of Ocean and Rail Road Waltz, Strauss
Bohemian Waltz, J. C. Viereck and A. Fiot
My Courage Now Regaining, W. V. Wallace and A. Fiot
Tis The Harp in the Air, W. V. Wallace and A. FIot
Missouri Waltz, C. H. Weber and H. J. Peters & Co.
[The] Fugitives’ Song; I’ll Be Free, J. M. White, Jesse Hutchinson Jr., and Henry Prentiss
Submissions from 1844
Star’s of the Summer Night, B. F. Baker, H. W. Longfellow, and G. P. Reed
[The] Bohemian Girl, Balfe and Atwill
Tis Sad to Leave Our Father Land, Balfe and Atwill
Lucy Neall, J. Buckley and Firth & Hall
[The] Kentucky Gentleman, John L. Hewitt and John F. Nunns
Sleeping I Dreamed Love, Mrs. Mary C. Hewitt, W. V. Wallace, and Firth. Hall & Pond
Get Off the Track, Jesse Hutchinson Jr. and Henry Prentiss
[The] City’s Too Crowded Too Sultry for Me, G. P. Manouvrier, H. G. Heartt, and George Willig
[The] Ashland Quick Step, W. Ratel and J. S. Osbourn
[The] Spider and the Fly, Henry Russell and Peters & Co.
Submissions from 1843
[The] Lament of the Irish Emigrant, William R. Dempster, Mrs. Price Blackwood, and Geo. P. Reed
Jeanie Morrison, William R. Dempster, William Motherwell, and Oliver Ditson
[The] Grave of Bonaparte, L. Heath and Oliver Ditson
Columbia – The Land of the Brave or Columbia - The Gem of the Ocean, David T. Shaw, T. A. Becket, and Lee & Walker
Submissions from 1842
[The] Blind Boy, William R. Dempster, Hannah F. Gould, and Oliver Ditson
Come Back Soon, M. S. Reeves and George Willig
National Blues Quick Step, B. Reiss and G. Willig Jr
Johnny Sands, John Sinclair and Oliver Ditson
[La] Surprise Galop Militaire, J. C. Viereck and A. Fiot
Submissions from 1840
Isabel, Henry R. Bishop, Thomas Bayly, and G. Willig
Celebrated Dance/ College Hornpipe, Firth & Hall
Queen Mary’s Escape, George Willig
Oh! Think of the Days That are Passed, Stephen Glover and Hewitt & Jaques
[The] National Whig Song, William Hayden and Parker & Ditson
[The] New York Serenading Waltz, John Cole
Hark! Hark! Through the Wild Woods, Alexander Lee and Bourne
Loves Young Dream, Thomas Moore and C. Bradlee
My Bark is Out Upon the Sea, George P. Morris, Charles E. Horn, and Wm. H. Oakes
Hewitt’s Quickstep, T. Rebhun and Firth & Hall
O Would I Were Boy Again, F. Romer and Firth, Pond & Co.
Di Tanti Palpiti, Rosfini, J. C. Nightingale, and John Cole
Cinderella Waltz, Rossini and R. S. Meacham
I’m Afloat, I’m Afloat, Henry Russell and Eliza Cook
I Love, I Love the Free, Henry Russell, Eliza Cook, and Wm. H. Oakes
[The] Ship on Fire, Henry Russell, Charles Mackay, and J. L. Hewitt & Co.
