2021-10 Raynors HCA Live
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/16/2021
Includes, Sheet Music, “Gov. Wright's Grand March”, 1844, 8pp, disbound, VG. The Color Cover is are clear and bright. Published by Olivir Ditson, Boston MA, The sheet music cover displays exceptional lithography, including an elaborately drawn representation of the arms of the State of New York. A shield on the cover shows the rising sun over a landscape punctuated by canal barges. Below is the state motto, "Excelsior." The shield is flanked by two classical figures; Justice with scales and swords, and Hope holding an anchor and scythe, symbolizing agriculture. Above all this flies an eagle, and above the eagle are the words, "E pluribus unum." A wonderful antique piece!. Silas Wright was offered the Democratic Party's vice presidential nomination in 1844, but instead ran for governor of New York and won, serving from 1845 to 1846. ... plus, Sheet Music, “Governor Sprague's Grand March” 8pp, disbound, with portrait illustration of Sprague on the front cover. William Sprague was the Governor of Rhode Island when the Civil War began, and although not a Republican, he pledged President Lincoln military support from his state. Following the shelling of Ft. Sumter, Rhode Island raised two regiments of infantry under the command of Colonel Ambrose Burnside. Sprague firmly believed that the war would be over in a matter of days once combat began, so he accompanied the state's regiments to the Battle of Bull Run where he served as an aide to Burnside and had his horse shot out from under himself while doing so.
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