Poetry
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Catharine Beecher poem
00-1951-24-0
A poem written by Catharine Beecher titled "The Classical Wedding of Betsey Burr and Stephen Mason, 1816"
A. M. Gillon Album
00-2011-95-0
The A.M. Gillon Album (2011-95-0) is a small collection of poetry. On the third page there is a handwritten title "Selections of Poetry 1832." The book contains four poems; one poem by Henry Kirk White and three poems written by Sarah Pogson Smith. The last poem in the book, dated August 4th 1842, appears to be about Litchfield, Connecticut.
Truman Guild school books
00-1975-97-27,28,30, 32, 33-0
Rebecca Hine Poetry Book
00-1924-29-0
The Rebecca Hine Poetry Book (1924-29-0) is a collection of poems written or copied by Rebecca Hine while at the Pleasant Valley Boarding School near Poughkeepsie, New York from June 2nd, 1804 to Aug 8th, 1804. Some of the poems appear to be copied from another source because the author's name is provided, but there are other works that do not have a name attached to them. The poetry ranges from an excerpt from a work by Milton to a short story entitled "Female Choice."
Mrs. J.C. Kendall album
00-2011-51-0
The Mrs. J.C. Kendall album (2011-51-0) contains quotations from Tennyson's "Song of the Brook." The item was produced in 1907, and is illustrated with twelve images by Mrs. J.C. Kendall. The illustrations are color souvenir postcards which were created from original photographs by Mrs. J.C. Kendall.
Henry B. Miner Poetry Book
00-2011-97-0
The Henry B. Miner Poetry Book collection (2011-97-0) is a small poetry book created by Henry B. Miner. The book contains a few pages of what appears to be original poetry. Poems include are “There is Nothing True But Heavens,” “Mary’s Tears,” and “Lifes [sic] Likeness.”
Mary Eliza Rouse journal
00-2011-72-0
Emma Leach Smith letter to Charles Smith
00-2021-39-0
Poem written in Litchfield, CT mailed to Charles Smith, Emma Leach's future husband, on the occasion of his leaving to serve in the Civil War.