Poetry of the Lancashire Cotton Famine (1861-65)

Poems

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