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British Taxation. A Lesson to John Bull, 1815

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 36

Scope and Contents

File contains a single booklet printed at Troy by the Columbian Book-Store containing two songs deriding the English for their losses during the American Revolution and War of 1812. The First song titled "British Taxation" is set to the tune of the folk song "William Reily" while the other is titled "A Lesson to John Bull" and set to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."

Dates

  • 1815

Extent

From the Collection: 15 Cubic Feet (Four vertical file cabinets comprising fifteen drawers holding paper documents grouped in folders by appropriate subject or creator, nominally sorted in alphabetical order.)

Repository Details

Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository

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