Freemen's Quick Step
- Title:
- Freemen's Quick Step
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Composer:
- Parker & Ditson
Sharp, William
Sharp & Michelin & Company
Hews, George (1806-1873)
- Date:
- 1840
- Election Date:
- 1840
- ID Number:
- 2214.SM0035
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214SM0035.jpg
- Political Party:
- Whig
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- sheet music
publications (documents) - Materials/Techniques:
- Printing
Two-color lithograph - Subject:
- Sheet music
Politics
Promotional materials
Musical notation
American flags
Monuments
Political conventions
Whig Party (U.S.) National Convention
Bunker Hill, Boston, Massachusetts
Parades
Delegates
Events
Animals
Horses
Placards (Information artifacts)
Spectators
Boston, Massachusetts
Top hats - Measurement:
- 25.4 x 33.655 (Sheet Music) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Three-page sheet music pamphlet contains a Whig Party promotional instrumental composed by George Hews. Song is dedicated to the delegates to the Bunker Hill Whig Convention of 1840. Cover lithograph depicting the convention parade is based on a sketch done on the spot by W. Sharp and produced by Sharp, Michelin & Co. Music published by Parker & Ditson of Boston, Massachusetts
contains 1840 court records statement. - Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.