Death; Social classes; Popular music -- England -- 19th century;
"In a dialogue between Death, and a Rich Man, who, in the midst of all his Wealth, received the tidings of his Last Day, to his unspeakable and sorrowful Lamentation."
Ships; Shipwrecks; Sailors; Winds; Popular music -- England -- 19th century;
Song concerning the sinking of the H.M.S. Captain off Cape Finisterre, Spain on 6-7 September 1870, knocked over by the wind; this capsize killed Cowper Phipps Coles, the ships designer
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A
Letter from Richard C. Bridges to his sister Carrie describing a bout of the flu; laments the incursions and ravishments of Union troops; fears he has lost communication with home.