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(1) Britons triumph or Bonapartes knell

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Description

The ballad concerns the proposed invasion of England by French forces. First line reads: Come, with all thy slaves around thee. In one column.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.1948

Additional NLS resources:

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1803 [Date printed]
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805 [Date/event in text]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

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

Subject / content:

Ballads
Invasions
French

Person / organisation:

Hamilton, A. (Alexander) (Printer) [Printer]
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 [Subject of text]
British [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.

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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