Columbia rules the sea - sheet music cover

An emblem of an eagle supported by two American flags, illustrates the sheet music cover for a song by Josiah D. Canning. The eagle's wings are spread and its mouth holds a streamer with the composer's sobriquet "The Peasant Bard of Mass." The Library's copy was deposited for copyright on August 9, 1858.
Entered . . . 1858 by Firth, Pond & Co.
New York. Published by Firth, Pond & Co 547 Broadway.
Signed: Wakelam & Bros.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1858-2.