Pressed flower from Ben Venue, collected by a member of the Hawthorne family [realia].

Originally wrapped with a paper note in the hand of Sophia Hawthorne or Rose Hawthorne Lathrop that reads: "Flower from the foot of Ben Venue / Trosack puss(?) / July 5th 1857."
Forms part of MA 3400, a collection of Hawthorne family letters and ephemera.