Keffer Collection of Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1895 Content and design by John Bewley

Benjamin W. Thayer operated a lithography firm in Boston from 1840 to 1851. He often worked in association with John H. Bufford, another Boston lithographer.

There are approximately thirty-five items in the collection for which Thayer provided the illustrations.

Illustrations by Thayer in the Collection

Item No.	Title	Imprint	Plate No.	Illustration	Thumbnail Image
Box 11a no. 23	I'm with You Once Again : a popular song / the words by George P. Morris ; the music composed and dedicated to Dr. William Milnor by William R. Dempster	Boston : Oliver Ditson, 1843	None	"View of undercliff on the Hudson River, opposite West Point home of George Morris" / Lithographed by Thayer & Co.
Box 11a no. 39	The Indian Hunter : a song / written by Ilza Cook ; the music composed & dedicated to Henry John Sharpe Esq. as a mark of esteem by his friend Henry L. Russell	New York : Jas. L. Hewitt, 1842 or 1843	None	American Indian in a sylvan setting / Thayer & Co.'s Lithogr.
Box 29 no. 21	The Moon in All Her Beauty : a barcarolel / words by Charles Jeffreys [sic] ; music by Marliani	Boston : Oliver Ditson, between 1838 and 1844	None	Boats on a lake / Thayer & Co.'s Lith.