ANTIQUE 1830 HAND WRITTEN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM-PHILADELPHIA-ROCHESTER NY-DOTY HISTORY
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ANTIQUE 1831-1842 FRIENDSHIP AUTOGRAPH ALBUM THAT BELONGED TO A MISS ELLEN AYKROYD DOTY -FROM THE ENTRIES IT SEEMS THAT SHE IS ORIGINALLY FROM PHILADELPHIA PA AND MARRIED A DOTY FROM THE ROCHESTER NY AREA- THERE ARE ENTRIES FROM FRIENDS OF HERS FROM BOTH CITIES- HER MAIDEN NAME IS WRITTEN IN THE FRONT, THE ENTRIES FROM THE 1830'S HAVE PHILADELPHIA AT THE BOTTOM AND LATER , FROM 1838-1842, SHE IS ADDRESSED AS ELLEN DOTY, WITH ENTRIES FROM ROCHESTER, GREECE NY AND HENRIETTA NY. THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL HAND-WRITTEN VERSES AND SENTIMENTS FROM HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS- ORNAMENTAL PENMANSHIP TITLES AND VERSE. THERE ARE 69 PAGES WITH WRITING ON THEM, PRETTY ENGRAVINGS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGES, AND A COUPLE OF SKETCHES. THE COVER IS RED LEATHER- MANY OF THE PAGES IN THE ALBUM ARE LOOSE OR COMING APART FROM THE SEWN THREADS, RAGGED & SOILED EDGES ON THE LOOSE PAGES, ESP. ON THE FIRST 24 PAGES THAT ARE SEPARATED FROM THE BINDING. BUYING AS IS FOR READING CONTENT & HISTORICAL VALUE. THE ALBUM MEASURES 8" X 6.5". BUYER TO PAY 2.95 SHIPPING.
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