Salem, Mass.: Ladies' Centennial Committee, 1875. A broadside, one sheet measuring about 8.5 X 13 inches. Three cuts of a sailing ship at the top, text in two columns. The song is in fifteen stanzas, first line: "Father and I went down to camp...". [This version of Yankee Doodle is attributed to Edward Bangs by S. Foster Damon.] The colophon at the bottom states: "The above fac-simile of a rare copy of the original, now in the possession of Geo. R. Curwen, Esq., is printed to be sold at an Exhibition of Antique Relics, &c., held by the Ladies' Centennial Committee of Salem, Mass., Dec. 15, 18...
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