3rd Earl of Clarendon in Albany, New York - 18 July, 1702
from 'America and West Indies: September 1702, 27-30', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 20, 1702, pages 611-648:
[New York Governor Edward Hyde (Lord Cornbury) held a conference with Native American Indians [Sachims] to announce the accession of Anne following the death of King William II and III on 8 March 1702]
Answer of the Five Nations to H.E [Lord Cornbury], Albany, July 18, 1702. [...] The Sachims sung a sorrowful song which they had made upon the death of his late Majesty, and said they were glad the Princess Anne had succeeded.
Cecil Headlam (ed.), 'America and West Indies: September 1702, 27-30', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 20, 1702, volume 20 (London, 1912), p. 611-648. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547132297663 accessed: 18 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| a sung lament-- Native American | performed by Native American Indians |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 18 July, 1702 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others |
Notes
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