American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann

GRIFFING, L. A National Hymn. N.p.: N.p., 1841. 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. engraved broadside (dampstains, some toning). Features six verses of a song "composed to be sung on the 14th of May 1841; the day recommended by the President, to be set apart as a day of fasting and prayer" accompanied by an engraving, "Death-bed scene of Gen. Wm. H. Harrison." RARE: OCLC locates only 7 copies. 

[With:] VROOM, Elisa, artist. The tomb of General Wm. H. Harrison. North Bend, Ohio. Pencil drawing, n.d., image 12 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (10 11/16 x 12 1/16 in. sheet), toned, dampstains. A landscape featuring the tomb of President Harrison, a sidewheeler bearing an American flag is seen in the river. The artist, Elisa Vroom also noted Phipps Union [Female] Seminary, an all women's and girl's school that operated in Albion, NY from about 1833 through at least 1873.
 
[Also with:] H. TURNER and W.R. FISHER, publishers. To the Memory of W. Henry Harrison, Late President of the United States. Hand-colored wood engraving, [1841], image 4 9/16 x 5 3/4 in. (5 x 6 3/8 in. sheet), occasional spotting. RARE: 1 copy located at Cornell University Library.