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Lydia Brown compiled this notebook of copied poems, principally religious and moral in nature, sometime in the early nineteenth century. She often drew calligraphic titles and other embellishments, including borders, flowers, and leaves. Several times throughout the volume, Lydia Brown included "A E 12" after her name, possibly an abbreviation for the Latin phrase "aetatis," indicating she may have been 12 at the time of writing and the volume could have served as an educational exercise for learning penmanship. A test sheet at the end of the volume includes several practice penmanship elements, and pencil lines throughout indicate how Lydia Brown was keeping her writing straight.
- To Hope
- A Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer
- Charity
- Safety in Christ
- Say Why!
- Childhood
- Life
- Content
- Faith
- Hope
- Charity
- Humility
- Friendship
- Fortitude
- Modesty
- Patience
- Inscription on a Clock
- Friendship
- Sunset and Sunrise
- Reputation
- A Request
- Hope
- The Rose
- Friendship
- Time
- Repentance
- Prayer
- Religion
- The Happy Cottage
- A Thought
- Evening Cloud
- Extract
- An Epitaph
- Time
- Modesty
- Extract
- Repentance
- Life
- Prayer
- The Tear
- Sympathy
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The Martha Leach Packard commonplace book (200 pages) contains inscriptions, correspondence, autographs, and ephemera that Packard collected from the 1850s to 1890s. Packard used about half of the pages; additional items are laid into the volume.
Most inscriptions and autographs are written directly into the volume, and many are dated at Poughkeepsie, New York. Most entries are dated from the 1850s-1890s, though some letters pasted into the book are dated as early as 1837. Prominent individuals such as politicians, artists, and writers contributed autographs (see list below), and historian Benson J. Lossing provided a personal inscription (p. 39). Packard's other contributors included academics and personal acquaintances, 5 of whom mentioned participating in the Civil War (pp. 77, 145).
Laid-in letters include items by famous persons and personal correspondence to Martha Leach Packard and E. W. Packard. The volume also includes visiting cards, a menu from a dinner at the Stevens House (p. 157), a lock of hair (p. 178), and a swatch of fabric (p. 198). The album was originally published with printed illustrations, mainly portraits of women; some later pages contain cut-out colored illustrations of flowers.
- Benson J. Lossing (inscription, p. 39; letter, p. 200)
- John Jay Hyde (inscription, p. 41; calling card, front endpaper)
- Henry P. Tappan (autograph, p. 45)
- Thomas Nast (autograph on card, p. 61)
- Samuel F. B. Morse (autograph, p. 97)
- William W. Belknap (autograph, p. 99)
- Henry Clay (autograph, p. 115)
- Lydia Huntley Sigourney (autograph, p. 115)
- DeWitt Clinton (autograph, p. 115)
- Francis Napier (letter, p. 193)
- P. T. Barnum (autograph, back endpaper)
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This volume was produced by Peter McGivney as a gift for his sister, Julia A. McGivney. Its entries are primarily copies of popular song lyrics and some poetry. Many focus on sentimental themes like remembrance, familial relationships, love, death, and religion. Some patriotic titles are also included. Titles like "Little Low Cabin" and "Half Way Doings" were likely minstrel songs, and include racist dialect. One is accompanied by a watercolor painting of an African American man in striped pants and a blue overcoat standing at a table with a Bible on it and a whitewash bucket on the floor.
Peter McGivney elaborately decorated and illustrated the volume with paintings, pencil drawings, pen-and-ink embellishments, printed scrapbook die-cuts, and calligraphic titles and borders. He drew numerous patriotic images, including American flags, shields, eagles, Union soldiers, and a portrait of George Washington. Flowers, leaves, birds, and landscapes feature prominently, along with depictions of women. He drew several illustrations of hands holding calling/visiting cards filled out with the names of friends and family members.
- "The Lady’s Yes," by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- "Write Me a Letter [from] Home," by Will S. Hays
- "[Darling] Minnie Lee," by Dexter Smith
- "Ella Ree," by Charles E. Stewart
- "God Bless My Boy at Sea," by T. Brigham Bishop
- "Little Robin, Tell Kitty," by Frank Howard
- "Killarney," by E. Falconer
- "Sunny Days," by Edwin Ransford
- "Remember Me," by M. W. Balfe
- "We Parted by the River Side," by Will S. Hays
- "The Last Rose of Summer," by Thomas Moore
- "Lottie Lee," by C. T. Lockwood
- "Kiss the Little Ones," by W. F. Wellman, Jr.
- "Kiss Me Mother E'er I Die," by W. Dexter Smith, Jr.
- "To a Beloved Woman," translated from Sappho
- "Driven from Home," by Will S. Hays
- "Bessy O'er the Lea" [e.g. "Darling Bessie of the Lea"], by George Cooper
- "Our Own," by Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
- "[When] The Corn is Waving, Annie Dear," by Charles Blamphin
- "A Woman's Question," by Adelaide Anne Proctor
- "Daisy O'Lynn," by M. H. McChesney
- "I'll Remember You Love in my Prayers," by Will S. Hayes
- "Don't be Angry With Me, Darling," by W. L. Gardner
- "The Good Bye at the Door," by J. E. Carpenter
- "Love On," by Eliza Cook
- "Sweet Genevieve," by George Cooper
- "When the [Autumn] Leaves are Falling," by J. E. Carpenter
- "Mother, Is the Old Home Lonely," by Arthur W. French
- "The Golden Side," by Mary Ann Kidder
- "Wait Till the Moonlight Falls on the Water," by Sam Bagnall
- "The Bells of Shadow" [e.g. "The Shandon Bells"], by Francis Mahony
- "Annie of the Vale," by G. P. Morris
- "My Pretty Jane," by Edward Fitzball
- "Silver Threads among the Gold," by Eben E. Rexford
- "When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home," by John Fletcher
- "Come Like a Beautiful Dream," by George Cooper
- "What Will I Do Without Thee," by Elmer Ruan Coates
- "Star of the Evening," by James M. Sayles
- "The Good Bye at the Door," by J. E. Carpenter
- "Memory Bells," by Henry Tucker
- "I Love the Merry Sunshine," by J. W. Lake
- "Every Home has Lost a Darling," by George Cooper
- "Wilt thou say Farewell Love," by Thomas Moore
- "A Sweet Face at the Window," by W. C. Baker
- "Faded Flowers," by I. H. Brown
- "The Blind Girl," by Joshua Swan
- "What Will I Do Without Thee," by Elmer Ruan Coates
- "Why Was I Looking Out," by Claribel
- "God Save the Flag," by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- "Fair Maid of Perth"
- "Arabella Dolora"
- "A little Puss"
- "Rebecca at the Well"
- "E Pluribus Unum"
- "Excelsior"
- "The French Iron Clad Solferino"
- "Volcano of Turrialba (Mexico)."
- "View of Paknam on the Memam. Farther - India"
- "The Rose of Orleans"
- "The Queen of Flowers"
- "Marriot's Aerial Steam Carriage. 'Avitor.'"
- "Love in Winter"
- "Dressing for the Masquerade"
- "William Penn first Settler of Pennsylvania 1675"
- "The Tambourine Player"
- "Love in Summer"