(NEW YORK CITY) George P Morris Sidney Pearson composers Cro

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(NEW YORK CITY.) George P. Morris, Sidney Pearson, composers. Croton Ode . . . on the Completion of the Croton Aqueduct. Frontispiece lithograph titled "Croton Water Celebration 1842," plus pages 3-6, all on 3 detached leaves, 13 x 9 1/4 inches; minor toning, inked page numbers in corners; early owner's pencil signature on frontispiece. New York: Atwill, 1842

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Written in honor of the completion of the Croton Aqueduct, which brought fresh water to the city. Performed at the Park Fountain at the 14 October 1842 opening parade, with a fire engine in the foreground as depicted in the frontispiece. "As the Goddess of the mountain / Comes with all her sparkling train / From her grotto springs advancing / Glittering in her feathery spray." Another issue (probably later) from the same setting of type calls this "the Celebrated Croton Ode." Two of this issue and one of the other in OCLC.