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Description: | In 1886 Thomas Allan ordered one thousand of Joe Wilson's Temperance songs to be printed at and sold at a profit of two hundred and twenty percent. This invoice from printer Thomas Fordyce details the costs incurred by Thomas Allan for the printing of the songs and for various advertisements, the sum total of which came to ��2 - 10s.The invoice forms part of a collection held by Newcastle City Library. The collection comprises much of the original material collected by Thomas Allan for the publication of 'Allan's Tyneside songs'. From original Ned Corvan manuscripts to photographs of Joe Wilson, and correspondence from local figures such as Joseph Cowen, the collection provides a genuinely fascinating glimpse of some of the region's best known composers. The material dates from 1860 to 1890, spanning the dates of the various publications of the book in 1862, 1863, 1864, 1872, 1873 and 1891. ; Song manuscripts, correspondence and broadsides collected for the publication of Allan's Tyneside Songs. | Publisher: | Fordyce Dean Street ; Newcastle upon Tyne | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle City Library | Temporal: | start=1861;end=1900; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:L0113501 | Go to resource |
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