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Georgian Songs collection. -- 1700-1830. -- 3.5 m of textual records.

There have been two accruals. The first accrual consists of 923 songs from 1714-1830. The second accrual consists of approximately 1,000 songs from 1700-1830. Both accruals of songs are mainly from the Georgian Era, that is during the reigns of the four Georges. The majority of the songs were published in London, England.

Title based on the content of the collection.
The first accrual of the collection was purchased from Charles Cox Rare Books of Exeter, England in 1986. The second accrual was purchased from Lisa Cox of Exeter, England in 1988.
Finding aid (listings of songs) available in hard copy and electronically. Ther first accrual is also published in Library Research News 13, no. 1 (Spring 1989).
There are no access restrictions.

No further accruals are expected



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