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. “Just 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.