Poetry of the Lancashire Cotton Famine (1861-65)

Poems

1. The Starving Cotton Spinners’ Christmas Lament, by Rev. Thomas M. Freeman, December 13th 1862
2. Relief for Lancashire, by H., November 22nd, 1862
3. A Plea for the Outcast Children of the Street and of the Abject Poor., by A Ragged School Teacher, March 29th 1862
4. Counsel to the Americans, by J. B., 5th Sept 1863
5. THINK ON THE POOR, by [Unknown], 1865-11-18
6. Gooin' t' SchooSongs of the People: Lancashire Dialect Poetry of the Industrial Revolution, by Joseph Ramsbottom, 1864
7. Sympathy with LancashireBritish Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900., by [Unknown], Thursday, October 23, 1862
8. A Christmas Carol for 1862, by George MacDonald, 27th December 1862
9. The Lancashire Famine. A Contrast. Then and Now; Or Past and Present. Then, or Past, by Y. Stonmarket, January 17, 1863
10. The Believer's Prayer on the American War, by [Unknown], June 20, 1863
11. True Christians, by Abe Jones, Aug 2 1862
12. To the Factory Girl, by Ambrose Tomlinson, May 17 1862
13. A Christmas Carol, by K, December 28th 1861
14. A Christmas Carol, by unknown, December 20th, 1862
15. Battle Hymn of the Republic, by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, September 26th, 1863