“Darling Nelly Gray”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1856
name: label: composer
content: Hanby, B. R.
label: publisher
content: Oliver Ditson & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Darling Nelly Gray.” The song was written and composed by Benjamin Hanby, and published by Oliver Ditson and Company of New York in 1856. The plain cream white cover features black title text in a floral patterned frame. The song tells the story of a runaway slave pining for his love, Nelly Gray, still in slavery in Georgia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0235.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0235
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0235.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 31.75 cm x 24.765 cm