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Transcribed into ABC by Anne Wride for the Village Music Project,
from Gale Huntington's transcription
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This collection of fiddle tunes was made by William Litten at sea
on a vessel, or on two different vessels, of the British India
fleet in the years 1800 to 1802. William Litten was a ship's fiddler, but it
is not known of what nationality. The contents are typical
British for the period.
The
MS was taken to the island of Martha’s Vineyard by one of
Litten’s shipmates, Allen Coffin.
The manuscript is now in the library of Martha's Vineyard
Museum [http://www.mvmuseum.org/aboutus.php]
in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha's Vineyard.
It was transcribed by E. Gale Huntington (1901-1993) a Vineyard
fisherman, farmer, school teacher and historian, and published in
booklet form in 1977 by Hines Point Publishers of Vineyard Haven.
This has long been out of print.
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