Mendicant Literature
Dublin Core
Title
Mendicant Literature
Description
This is an artificial collection, created by pulling together scans of mendicant literature and ephemera from various Center for the History of Medicine collections.
Collection Items
The lame man's appeal
At head of title: To the public. Geoge W. Crawford, having become crippled, and not willing to become a burden to the public, after suffering acutely for over ten years, takes this means of gaining a livelihood, and most respectfully craves your…
Please help a crippled soldier
Begins: Now bards have sung and poets wrote.
"Lost his leg at the battle of Fredricksburg, December 13, 1862, and his arm while firing a salute, February 22, 1869, at Harrisburg."
The blind man's appeal
First line: What is my name, from whence I came.
"Stranger, I know not who you be, nor whether charitably inclined, but in the name of humanity I appeal to your charity. Buy this ballad of me, and remember,
The Indian's invitation
"Francis J. Burns, the author of the following poem, became almost blind from inflammation. His health being very poor, and having a large family [to] support, he takes this means of trying to make an honest livelihood. Also, he is trying to raise…
The blind man's hope
At head of title: To the public. The bearer having lost his eyesight in the pursuit of his business, and having a family depending on him for support, and not wishing to become a burden to the public, takes this means of gaining a livelihood for…
Lines to the people
"Francis J. Burns, the author of the following lines, was born February 19, 856. He became nearly blind from inflammation when one year old. He has been a pupil for three years in the N.Y. State Institution for the Blind at Batavia, Genesee County,…
Christian! I know I'll be there
At head of title: Help the blind. Please buy a hymn from a blind man, who was made so by brain fever, and is thrown upon his own resources for a living.
Abraham May
"May lost his eyes and right hand while blasting on the Utica & Black River Railroad, August 10th, 1871"
"Mr. May has a wife and six children dependent on him for support. Before being disabled he was always a sober and hardworking man. What sum you…
Blind man's appeal
"Blind man's appeal : who lost his sight by brain fever. Offers this composition for sale as a means of support. All favors thankfully received"First line: You see the glorious sun.
The blind man's condition
At head of title: To the public! The bearer having lost his eyesight takes this method of gaining a livelihood.
First line: Mid sorrow and sadness.
The haven of rest
At head of title: Please help the blind. Please buy a hymn from a blind man, who was made so by brain fever, and is thrown upon his own resources for a living.
First line: My soul, in sad exile, was out on life
In the sweet by-and-by
At head of title: Help the blind. Please buy a hymn from a blind man, who was made so by brain fever, and is thrown upon his own resources for a living.
First line of chorus: In the sweet by-and-by; first line of only verse: There
An appeal to the charitable
First line: Ye who are inclined to pity.
At head of title: We the undersigned are acquainted with Geo. W. Avery, who is suffereing from paralysis...
Within double line border.
With printed attribution "by George W. Avery."
Expanded version of one…
The Indian's invitation
"Francis J. Burns, the author of the following lines, was born at Lyons, N.Y., February 19th, 1856. He became nearly blind from inflammation when one year old. He has been a pupil for three years, in the Institution for the Blind at Batavia, and is…
The blind man's poetry
"We are blind, and having wife and children, and two sisters also blind, who depend upon us for support, we hope you will buy this poetry ... Give us a quarter or a dime, as you can afford."
First line of poem: Kind friends, I
When I left my good home
Title from first line.
Within border of type ornaments.
At head of text: Written by James R. Thomas, Company H, First Regt., P.R.V.C. Lost his arm at the Battle of South Mountain, Sept. 14th, 1862.
The one-arm soldier
"Co. D, 3d Mass. Cavalry, disabled at Winchester, Virginia"First line: Strangers, when the fight was fiercest
Collection Tree
- Rare Books and Journals
- Harvard Medical Library
- Mendicant Literature
- Harvard Medical Library