Monthly Article

Please notify us if you are aware of the existence of any of the
following:

1760 - Spencer Drum.
[The Drummer's Instructor. London: R.Spencer, c.1760].

1770 - Campbell MS.
Campbell, Jacob Archibald, compiler. "Slow Marches & Quick Steps."
[1770 - 1780]. Rhode Island Historical Society. Only outer leaf survives.

1776 - Hillegas Fife.
[A Compleate Tutor for the Fife. Philadelphia: Hall & Sellers, c.
1776]. Unlocated. Advertised for sale in the Philadelphia Gazette, July 3, 1776. "JustÊ published and for sale by Michael Hillegas."

1780 - Swetland MS.
Swetland, Benjamin, compiler. [Orderly book containing military orders with at least two tunes for two fifes, one song-text, and diary entries, 1780]. Unlocated. Facsimile pages in Mary P. Root, Patriot's Daughters (New Haven: Connecticut Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1904).

1811 - Mann Drum.
Mann, Herman. The Drummer's Assistant. Massachusetts, 1811. Wolfe 5537.

1812 - Narramore Fife.
Narramore, William W. and A. Jewett. The Fifer's Assistant.
Massachusetts, 1812. Wolfe 6456. Warner 328.

1815 - Weston Drum.
Weston, Nathan Jun. The Young Drummer's Assistant. New York: 1815.
Wolfe 9757

1815 - Porter Drum & Fife.
Porter, Rufus. The Martial Musician's Companion. [for drum, fife and band.] Maine: 1815. Wolfe 7201.

1820 - Blake Fife.
Fife Instructor. [Philadelphia: G. E. Blake, 1820?]. Wolfe 852. Warner 368.