A Death Song of an Indian chief: And the Bright God of Day.

ID 17981
Title A Death Song of an Indian chief: And the Bright God of Day.
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Signed Author Anonymous
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Date of Publication 1810
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Location of Printing Boston US
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Length (cm) 24
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Notes AAS Notes; Song and poem.
Death song of an Indian chief, attributed to Anne Home Hunter (Mrs. John Hunter) in Squire, W.B. Catalogue of printed music published between 1487 and 1800 now in the British Museum, 1912, v. 2, p. 548, where it is cited as Death song of the Cherokee Indians; first line: The sun sets at night and the stars shun the day.
The bright god of day, attributed to William Monlass in the Minstrelsy of England, 1909, v. 2, p. 14; first line: The bright god of day, drew westward away.
American Antiquarian Society copy bound in the Isaiah Thomas collection of broadside ballads, v. II, no. 35, "purchased from a ballad printer and seller in Boston" and presented to the society in August 1814. Most, if not all, of these issues were published after 1810, cf. Ford, W.C. The Isaiah Thomas collection of ballads, 1924.
Text in two columns; printed area measures 22.2 x 19.0 cm.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, ballads, &c. printed in Massachusetts, 1639-1800,
Ford, W.C. Isaiah Thomas collection of ballads,
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Hunter, Anne, Monlass, William. A Death Song of an Indian chief: And the Bright God of Day.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17981, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17981. Accessed 2025-01-17.

Hunter, Anne, and William Monlass. A Death Song of an Indian chief: And the Bright God of Day. Boston: 1810. 

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