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I Am Going There

Creator:
John S. Adams, Oliver Ditson
Location:
Massachusetts, Bostona
Origin Date:
1852
Materials:
paper
Item ID:
71.2009.083.0271
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Sheet Music

Description

This is a piece of sheet music for the song, “I Am Going There.” The cover features an illustration of a young girl in bed with an African American male and three other people standing around. Above the scene are two angels looking down from the clouds. The title is printed at the top of the cover with “Or the Death of Little Eva” below it. Below the illustration there is a quote from volume 2, page 112 of the novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” “Written and inscribed to the readers of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ by John S. Adams, Adapted to a favorite Melody is printed beneath the quote. 1 score (5 p.) For voice and piano. Cover title. Cover illustration: lithograph of the death of little Eva from the book, Uncle Tom's cabin. "Bufford's Lith. Boston." First line of text: I am going there. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.