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Wanki Fongo, or, Chief of the Yankee Doodles

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A comic folk song about the wedding of Wanki Fongo Chi Chou Chu, Chief of the Yankee Doodles.

  • Title: Wanki Fongo, or, Chief of the Yankee Doodles.
  • Publication: [London] : Printed by T. Birt, wholesale and retail, 10, Great St. Andrew-Street, Seven Dials, London, [approximately 1828]

Catalog Record

File 763 828 W187

Acquired October 2021

The sorrows of Yamba

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In four columns, with the title above the first two columns; columns are not separated by rules; the first and fourth columns include one woodcut each and the second includes two woodcuts.
At foot of the fourth column, within square brackets, is the statement “Entered at Stationers Hall.”

  • Author: More, Hannah, 1745-1833, attributed name.
  • Title: The sorrows of Yamba, or, The negro woman’s lamentation : to the tune of Hosier’s ghost.
  • Publication: [London?] : [publisher not identified], [1795?]

Catalog Record

File 53 M813 795+

Acquired July 2021