All Items 2 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 2 Contributor 1 Hitchcock, Henry, 1783-1861 1 Topic 4 Hymns, English 1 Imaginary places 1 Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. 1 Songs and music 1 Part Of 2 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Nelson Family Juvenilia Collection of Pamela Russell and Murray McClellan 1 Genre 3 Musical notation 2 Hymnals 1 Sketches 1 Henry Hitchcock hymnbook, 1805 April 25 Hitchcock, Henry, 1783-1861 A bound hymnbook created by Henry Hitchcock (brother of Edward Hitchcock) containing musical notation and lyrics. Many of the lyrics were written by Isaac Watts and not all of the hymns have lyrics accompanying them. Henry has written his name on the inside cover of the book, and Nathaniel Hitchcock (Henry's son) and Edward Hitchcock, Jr. have also signed the inside cover, both with accompanying dates (likely the dates they inherited the hymnbook). Hitchcock Jr. notes that he was given the hymnbook by Eunice H. Huntington (Henry's daughter). Henry Hitchcock hymnbook, 1805 April 25 The patriot song One side contains a short piece of music with lyrics and the other side shows sketches of several unidentified flags. The lyrics indicate the song is a patriotic song for the Nelson brothers' imaginary Big Continent. There are several initials or abbreviations at the bottom of the first page. It is unclear which of the Nelson brothers created this item. The patriot song
