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Irene Levis Roberts Album, 1844-1863 ; Smyrna, Delaware (M-3245)

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Volume : Roberts 1844-1863
Abstract:
Irene Roberts' album includes nine entries (17 total pages): eight poems and one note. The poetry, mostly written by A. H. Roberts, concerns topics such as nature and the seasons, religion, travel, and death. The note by Thomas C. Murphy, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in Smyrna, Delaware, pertains to the baptism of Irene L. Roberts on performed on March 11, 1855. Colorful crayon scribbles appear over one of the poems and on several of the later pages. This blank book was published by J. C. Riker in New York. It bears the title "Flowers of Loveliness" and contains six colored lithographic illustrations by Frances Flora Bond Palmer (i.e. Fanny Palmer). The volume also has its own separate finding aid, located here: Irene Levis Roberts Album.

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