Arthur W. Johnson - Gift of Poetry

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 5
Scope and content:

Scope and Contents Gift of Printed Poetry Gift received in 1931. Arthur W. Johnson was a 1921 graduate of The College of William and Mary. Many of these poems are pasted onto a cotton stock paper. Some have the signature of Rachel Annabelle. "All Hail to the Stars and Stripes" and "Unfurl the Glorious Banner." Flyer edition, dated approximately 1861. Boston, Massachusetts. "Poetry from the Connecticut Herald." "The Blandensburg Races." 1815. "A Dialogue Between Death and a Lady." undated "General Wolfe. Death of Gen. Wolfe." undated "The Dying Words of Captain Robert Kidd" (A noted pirate, who was hanged at Execution Dock, in England). undated "The Girl I Left Behind Me, Together with the Answer." undated "The Lamp-Lighter's Address." January 1, 1824. "Rosanna." undated "Saw Ye My Hero George and the Rosary." A Poem about Martha Washington when she saw George Washington at the Battle of Monmouth. undated "A Song composed by the British Butchers after the Fight at Bunker-Hill, on the seventeenth of June, 1775." Undated, but could be 18th century. A 1880 reprint of the same poem. "Tid the Grey Mare or Young Jonny, the Miller." "Mary's Dream." Undate

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College of William and Mary
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