Record ID:
433473
Accession number:
MA 23550
Created:
Madeley, Shropshire, England, 1852-1854.
Credit:
Purchased on the Macomber Fund, 2019.
Description:
1 item (ca. 129 pages) ; 18.7 cm
Notes:
Marrion's name appears in ornamental script on the verso of the front flyleaf.
Contributed to by numerous men and women of Marrion's acquaintance in Madeley, most of whom sign and date their entries.
Marrion married the Reverend Evan Jenkins of Madeley Baptist Church in 1860.
Blue, yellow, pink, and other colored papers are used in the book.
A flower petal is pressed between two pages.
Summary:
Contains poems on courtship, love, marriage, the roles of men and women, and religious themes, as well as several acrostics on Marrion's name.
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine box (21.5 cm)
Binding:
Brown sheep stamped in gilt and blind.
Provenance:
Purchased from Whitmore Rare Books, 4 December 2019.
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