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Detail of an undated broadside ballad distributed in Boston following the execution of Levi Ames for burglary and intended to warn “thoughtless Youth.”

Detail of an undated broadside ballad distributed in Boston following the execution...

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Ten verses of the folk song “Barbara Allen,” performed by Capt. Pearl R. Nye, who...

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