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Sale 458: Americana - Travel & Natural History - Cartography: with Material from Calvin P. Otto Collection (#458) 07/14/2011 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #10To The West! - Broadside Song Sheet

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Sale 458: Americana - Travel & Natural History - Cartography: with Material from Calvin P. Otto Collection (#458) 07/14/2011 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 07/14/2011 1:00 PM PDT

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Heading:

(Broadside Song Sheet)

Title:

To The West! - Broadside Song Sheet

Author:

**

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

H. De Marsan

Date Published:

No date [1850s]

Description:

Single sheet. Woodcut border of humorous figures. 25x17 cm. (9¾x6¾").

A four verse poem about the bounty of the American west beginning: "To the West! to the west! to the land of the free, Where the mighty Missouria rolls down to the sea, Where a man is a man if he is willing to toil, And the humblest may gather the fruits of the soil, Where children are blessings, and he who hath most Has aid to his fortune, and riches to boast; Where the young may exult, and the aged may rest, Away, far away, to the land of the west."

Condition:

Edges worn and with some short tears; very good.

Item#:

220505

Headline:

To The West! - Broadside Song Sheet
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