Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . ame to London to Her,and when he Found Her, Carried Her back again to New-Castle Towne.[Reprint of a broadside dated 1660, with quaint cuts, l2mo, 12 pages.] An Account of the Great Flood in the River Tyne on Saturday morning,December 30, 1815. To which is added a Narrative of the Great Flood in theRivers Tyne, Tease, and Wear, etc., on the i6th and 17th November, an account of the Eruption of Solway Moss. Printed for John Bell on theQuay, Newcastle, 1816. [i2mo, 16 pages, printed by S. Hodgson, with fourwoodcuts by Bewick—one of which (reproduced
Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . ame to London to Her,and when he Found Her, Carried Her back again to New-Castle Towne.[Reprint of a broadside dated 1660, with quaint cuts, l2mo, 12 pages.] An Account of the Great Flood in the River Tyne on Saturday morning,December 30, 1815. To which is added a Narrative of the Great Flood in theRivers Tyne, Tease, and Wear, etc., on the i6th and 17th November, an account of the Eruption of Solway Moss. Printed for John Bell on theQuay, Newcastle, 1816. [i2mo, 16 pages, printed by S. Hodgson, with fourwoodcuts by Bewick—one of which (reproduced in the initial at the beginning ofthis article) had been used at the head of Newcastle news in the NewcastleChronicle for a number of years, and appears to be little the worse. I18 ordinarycopies printed, and 24 on superior jiaper.] To these last was added an account of the death of Thomas 238 JOHN BELL. Thompson, merchant, and local song-writer. In the writers owncopy, which is signed, Jno. Bell, January 13th, 1816, is a ^. circular inviting the Union Lodge of Gateshead (Mr. Bell was anenthusiastic Freemason) to attend a funeral sermon, to be preachedin the chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr by the Rev. BrotherWasney, on behalf of the relatives of two men, named Craig andHoggins, who lost their lives in the flood, and a note in Mr, Bellswriting that the sum collected was ^15 17s. 6d. Then came The Custom House Garland; or, Nine Pleasant Ditties, sung while thequestion was pending whether or no a Branch of the Custom House at Newcastleshould be established at North Shields. Printed for John Bell on the Quay,Newcastle-upon-Tj-ne, 1816. [20 pages, i2mo, with two cuts. 50 copiesprinted, a few on silk and some on blue paper.] The Long Pack. A Northumbrian Tale, an Hundred Years Old. Printedfor John Bell on the Quay, Newcastle, 1817. [i2mo, 24 pages, with printersstamp—George Angus, Printer, Newcastle.] The Codicil of the Reverend Dr. Robert Thomlinson, Rector of Whickham,beq
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