The vacant chair
Publisher: Henry J. Wehman
Published: 1880
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Other titles: We shall meet, but we shall miss him
Notes: Henry J. Wehman is listed at 50 Chatham Street in NYC and Brooklyn directories for 1880-1886.

"[279"--Above title.

"The Music Sent ... By Henry J. Wehman, 50 Chatham Street, New York."--Beneath title.

At foot of song sheet: "Henry J. Wehman, Song Publisher, No. 50 Chatham Street, New York City."

Text of song in three eight-line stanzas, with four-line chorus following the 1st.

Several CMP sheet music editions (earliest 1861, # 001094-SMVOL) credit Root & Washburn.

Song about John William Grout of Worcester, Mass., a Lieutenant in Company D, 15th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts. See Jillson, H. "The vacant chair" in The New England magazine. New series. April 1897. v.16, no.2. p. 131-145.