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Lamentation of Mrs Frost
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| English ballads > Crime & punishment > Lamentation of Mrs Frost |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74891986 |
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| Description | " ... for the fate of her husband, who was condemned at Monmouth, for High Treason, but who is transported for life". In 1840 Frost had been sentenced to death but after a legal review this was communted to transportation to Van Diemen's Land for life. First line reads: Come all good christians list awhile. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1754 |
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| Description | Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust. |
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