Wars > Seven Years’ War, 1756-1763
New copy of verses sent by a young man to his sweetheart in Plymouth
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| English ballads > Wars > Seven Years’ War, 1756-1763 > New copy of verses sent by a young man to his sweetheart in Plymouth |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74896156 |
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| Description | " ... giving a particular acccount of the glorious victory gained over French, by taking the famous and flourishing Isle of Bellisle". First line reads: Sweet William of Plymouth a letter did/ write. In one column with a woodcut above the title. Belleisle was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1760. She was captured by the Royal Navy on 3 April 1761, and commissioned as the HMS Belleisle. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.3174 |
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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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