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(1) Siege of Dehli; or, the Indian massacre

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https://digital.nls.uk/74892964

Description

First line reads: Hark! what is that? It is the siege of Dehli. Tune: - Cheer boys cheer. In two columns.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.2088

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1857 [Date printed]
India History Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858 [Date/event in text]
Delhi (India) History Siege, 1857 [Date/event in text]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]

Subject / content:

Blockades
Massacres
Ballads

Person / organisation:

Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron, 1792-1863 [Subject of text]
Mathers (Printer of Whitechapel) [Printer]

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English ballads

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.

Attribution and copyright:

Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

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