Henry Prentiss
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Henry Prentiss (1801–1859) manufactured musical instruments, umbrellas and published sheet music, which he sold from his shop on Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.Boston Directory. 1832, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1857.Boston Almanac. 1847.
One example of a piece of sheet music sold by Prentiss was a song named Our Country by Hon. George Lunt in 1847.{{Cite web| title="Our Country" (1847) - A Patriotic Song | url=https://dirkncl.github.io/pdmusic_org/1800s/47oc.txt | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207110743/https://dirkncl.github.io/pdmusic_org/1800s/47oc.txt | archive-date=2020-12-07}}
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Further reading
- Mr. Henry Prentiss's Music Store (from the New York Mirror). Daily Atlas (Boston), 09-09-1841; p. 2.
External links
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- [http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n82-107292 WorldCat]
- [https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Library of Congress], Prints Dept.
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- [http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ Metropolitan Museum of Art], Musical Instruments dept. Clarinet in E-flat from Prentiss' shop.
- [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society]
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Category:Businesspeople from Boston
Category:19th-century American businesspeople
Category:19th century in Boston
Category:Sheet music publishing companies
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