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Friendship album [of Clarissa Deming Perkins?]

00-2020-16-0

 Item
Identifier: 00-2020-16-0

Scope and Contents

Poems and writings handwritten in an album, inscribed on one page, "To Mrs Perkins From her friend Lucy Sheldon."

Dates

  • Creation: 1828-1829

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown.

Biographical / Historical

Clarissa Deming Perkins (1795-1837) was the daughter of Julius Deming and Dorothy Champion Deming of Litchfield, Connecticut. She attended the Litchfield Female Academy from 1809 through 1811. On April 20, 1817 she married Charles Perkins, a lawyer from Norwich, CT, and they had seven children. She was described as "devoutly religious" and involved in benevolent work. It was said that she was "devoted to the beauty of good works as the opportunity of their fulfillment came to her. Foreign missions had an especial appeal, and in her parlor always stood the large chest to be filled with garments to be sent to the Hawaiian Islands (Deming-Perkins Family Memorial, Litchfield Historical Society Archives)."

Extent

1 folders

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Poems and writings handwritten in an album, inscribed on one page, "To Mrs Perkins From her friend Lucy Sheldon."

Source of Acquisition

Museum purchase

Physical Description

One handwritten album

Title
Friendship album [of Clarissa Deming Perkins?]
Status
Completed
Author
Leith Johnson
Date
2024 Oct 15
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository

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