Plympton (Mass.) First Parish petition, [ca. 1840s-1850s]

University of Michigan William L. Clements Library

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Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

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Creator:: Anonymous
Abstract:: An undated petition from eighteen men requesting admittance to the first parish in Plympton, Massachusetts, appears on the first page of an otherwise empty nineteenth-century blank book produced by Tappan & Whittemore of Boston, "Wholesale dealers in School Books, School Stationery, Drawing, Letter, Writing and Fancy Paper, Envelopes of every description, Slates, Gold and Steel Pens, Ink, Quills, Wafers, etc." It has printed covers with illustrations of Boys and girls fishing, boating, and flying kites on a riverbank, and "Lessons In Drawing" with sixteen various images of fruit, animals, body parts, and a house and boat.
Extent:: 1 volume
Language:: English
Authors:: Collection processed and finding aid created by Jayne Ptolemy, December 2022

Scope and Content:: An undated petition from eighteen men requesting admittance to the first parish in Plympton, Massachusetts, appears on the first page of an otherwise empty nineteenth-century blank book produced by Tappan & Whittemore of Boston, "Wholesale dealers in School Books, School Stationery, Drawing, Letter, Writing and Fancy Paper, Envelopes of every description, Slates, Gold and Steel Pens, Ink, Quills, Wafers, &c." It has printed covers with illustrations of Boys and girls fishing, boating, and flying kites on a riverbank, and "Lessons In Drawing" with sixteen various images of fruit, animals, body parts, and a house and boat.
Biographical / Historical:: Tappan & Whittemore were publishers in Boston, Massachusetts, active at least in the 1840s and 1850s.
Acquisition Information:: 2022. M-7674.4 .
Arrangement:: The collection is a single bound volume.
Rules or Conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)