Charles H. Keith

Charles H. Keith was an American music publisher in Boston, Massachusetts in the 19th century. His business was located on Court Street from the 1840s to the 1850s.[1] Among the songs published by his firm were "Old Dan Tucker" (1843), "Ole Bull and Old Dan Tucker" (1844), and "Dandy Jim ob Caroline" (1844).[2]

Music and umbrella shop of Charles H. Keith, corner Court Street and Cornhill, Boston, Massachusetts, 1845 (Library of Congress)

References
  1. Boston Directory. 1848, 1849, 1855
  2. Mahar, William J. (1999). Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
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