Scrapbook

Artist Susan Dakin

Date1830-1877

Terms

Scrapbooks
Ink
Watercolors
Pencil
Leather
Newspaper
Paper
Pasteboard
Concord (Massachusetts)

Dimensions19.67 × 12.06 × 0.64 cm (7 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 1/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Roger E. Stoddard (2006)

Object number2007.4.5

DescriptionScrap book or autograph album (manuscript entries in watercolor, ink, and pencil). Half red sheep leather, marbled pasteboard cover. Poems, drawings, clippings, etc. On inside front cover, obituaries for Lucy Ann Adams, Mr. Josiah Meriam, Abigail Brown, William F. Tarbell, and Samuel H. Fletcher. Inscriptions from Susan's friends include: Martha S. Munroe, Mary Jane, James S. Legget, Martha Cushing (Pittsburgh 1843), P.T. Winor, Mary Munroe, L.M. Davis (?) (Concord, Aug. 1836), Caroline Melvina (Aug 8, 1836), Elizabeth Conant (who died July 19th 1837, aged 16 years), Mrs. Elizabeth Garfield (who died July 6th 1843 aged 21 years), B.G. Merriam, Mary B. Bellows (Concord, August 1836, who died June 19th 1837, aged 15 years), E.B. Stacy (Concord, Aug 26th, 1836), Miss Elisa Ann Dakin (who died April the 7 1848, aged 43. Susan Augusta Dakin Died January 1 1849. aged 28 Samuel Dakin died February 12. 1847. aged 22 years 10 months), Mrs. Meliscent H. Farmer (who died May 19th 1843 aged 37 years), Harriet Stow (Concord, Sept 3d 1836), E.P. Davis (Bedford, Dec. 1836.), M.R. Derby (Concord, January 28, 1843), H.P. Holden (Concord, Oct. 6, 1839). Back cover page has newspaper clippings for the obituaries for: Joseph Barrett, John Hunt, Jonas Moore, Henry Hooper, Mr. Eli Dakin (1838), Mrs. Ruth B. Dakin (1842), Mr. Samuel Dakin (1846), Miss Eliza Ann Dakin (1847), Miss Susan A. Dakin (consumption, 1849), Mrs. Mary Dakin (Mrs. Abel Dakin, 1849). Hand written notations on the deaths of Ruth B. Dakin (Acton, 1857), Mary D. Cushing (Concord, 1877), and Mary P. Dakin (wife of Franklin Dakin, Concord).