BIB_ID
353704
Accession number
MA 8597
Display Date
[1860s].
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Description
1 item (4 p.), bound ; 19.5 cm
Notes
Dating: Paper dated to the 1860s by John Bidwell.
Conjecturally localized to the United States; however, the notebook may have been assembled in England.
JPW 8701.
Conjecturally localized to the United States; however, the notebook may have been assembled in England.
JPW 8701.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Summary
A notebook containing thirteen locks of hair, most of which are braided and affixed to the page with wax and a decorative ribbon. An unidentified hand, probably of a child, has penciled names near each of the locks of hair. The final leaf contains a verse (beginning "If to the north thou will sail with me") and sketches of a bird, a woman, and calligraphic trials of the letter "H."
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