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Programme, farewell benefit, Birch & Cotton's Minstrels

"As sung by Ben Cotton." Also includes: Poor old Joe. American Song Sheets, Series 1, Volume 4

Listed by the enumerator were the following persons: Ben & Rebecca Cotton; Ben's mother, Eliza B. Cotton (62); Ben's mother-in-law, Betsy Russell (62); and four children: Lizzie Cotton (16), Isadora Cotton (14), Eunice Cotton (12), and Ben Cotton…

Note: Sign for Ben Cotton and Sam Shadley's Minstrels next to the music hall. Location: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs

As sung by Ben Cotton