Measure for measure - Politics & government - English ballads

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(1) Measure for measure

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Possibly on the 1806 election for Westminster constituency, James Paull, the Scottish politician (whose father was a tailor in Perth), stood against Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Sir Samuel Hood. Hood topped the poll. First line reads: A Taylor there liv'd in the north. In one column. Tune: - Madame Figg's gala.

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Crawford.EB.3180

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1806 [Date printed]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

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

Subject / content:

Ballads
Politics

Person / organisation:

Paull, James, 1770-1808 [Subject of text]
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 [Subject of text]
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816 [Subject of text]

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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.

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

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