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(1) Britannia's charge to the sons of freedom

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Description

This ballad concerns Bonaparte's proposed invasion of England. First line reads: The tyrant for destruction eager burns. In one column.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.3339

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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]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Invasions
Patriotism

Person / organisation:

Rowe, Nicholas [Author]
Highley, Samuel [Bookseller]
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 [Subject of text]
Britannia (Symbolic character) [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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