Autograph Books

Date1867

Terms

Autograph Books
Ink
Paper
Ribbon
Concord (Massachusetts)

Dimensions13.33 × 8.25 × 0.64 cm (5 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 1/4 in.)

MarkingsWritten on front cover, "Alice Reynolds is a brick. Belle Rice is any think but one. Alice gets her's by asking. Belle steals her's. Concord/ Mass./ Nov. 9th." Written faintly on back cover, "Alice Reynolds/ Concord/ Mass./ Mar. 20. 1870." Inside front cover, "Alice Reynolds/ Nov 9th 1867./ Nov 9th is a day to be remembered./ Alice Reynolds, Concord,/ Mass./ Nov 9/ Otmen [?]"

Credit LineGift of Laurence E. Richardson

Object numberPER0143

DescriptionNotebook, brown paper cover, lined pages. Collection of fabric scraps, each with a person's name written next to them. Names include: Albert Thayer (1870), Louis Surette, Ad Gilmore, Beth Hoar, Aunt Cynthy (1867, "Aunt Cynthia, died Mar. 18. 1870"), L.G. Reynolds, Fred W. Griffin, Fannie Griffin, Barry Austin, Mary E. Abbott, Minnie Thomas, Eddie, Annie Blaisdell, Lizzie Dennis, Ida Smith, Miss Abbie Buttrick, Jennie Richardson, Mother, John T. Jacobs, Emma Richardson, Alice Jacobs, Belle C. Rice, Mrs. Rice, Alice Prescott, Henry M. Pratt, Alice Hartshom, Fannie Holden. All are listed as being Concord residents, except Aunt Cynthia of Boston.