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Title: The dying soldier of Buena Vista / the music composed and most respectfully dedicated, to his honor Charles J. Mc. Curdy, lietuenant governor of the state of Connecticut by Orramel Whittlesey, of Salem, Conn.; words by Col. Henry Petrikin
Creator: Whittlesey, Orramel, 1801-1876, composed
Contributor: Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.), lithographer
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued: 1849
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: For voice and piano. ; Title from cover. ; Black and white lithograph of an injured soldier dying on the battlefield. A fellow soldier kneeling beside him. A battlefield scene is ensuing in the background. ; "Lith. of Wm. Endicott & Co. 59 Beekman St. N. York." ; Signature of O. Whittlesey stamped on cover.
Extent: 1 score (8 pages) ; 35 cm.
Identifier: priJLC_SMUS Box T17
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/10645
Language: English
Subject: McCurdy, Charles J. (Charles Johnson), 1797-1891
United States. Army--Officers
Death
Soldiers
Battles
Songs with piano
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Songs and music
War songs--United States
War casualties
Popular music--To 1901
Buenavista (Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico)
Sheet music. (aat)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Military
Mex.- Amer. War A-F
T17
37
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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