| Keffer Collection of Sheet Music,
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James Cox Beckel, organist and composer, was born in Philadelphia. As an organist he held a variety of positions in Philadelphia churches from 1830 to 1880.
| Item No. | Title | Imprint | Plate No. | Illustration |
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| Box 13 no. 57 | The Battle of Gettysburg, July 3d, 1863 / arranged for the piano by J. C. Beckel | Philadelphia : Winner & Co., 1863 | None | None |
| Box 15 no. 10 | Dead on the Battle Field : in memory of the brave / [words by] M. L. Hofford ; [music by J. C. Beckel] | Philadelphia : Marsh, 1862 | None | Scene of a fallen soldier |
| Box 14 no. 19 | The Flag of My Country / words by David Bates ; music by J. C. Beckel | New York : S. T. Gordon, 1863 | None | Two American flags |
| Box 16 no. 35 | Gen. R. C. Hale's Grand March : introducing the beautiful melody Valley of Chamounix / by J. C. Beckel | Philadelphia : Marsh, 1862 | None | Title ornamented with vines / Geo. Swain |
| Box 29 no. 28 | Oh! Woo Me Not from My Cottage Home / words by Amanda M. Douglass ; music by J. C. Beckel Series: Beckel's American Ballads, no. 1 | Philadelphia : J. C. Andrews, 1851 | None | A naval officer saying farewell to a woman on shore / Sinclair's Lith. |
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