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Mary Ann Heston album

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2022-0075

Content Description

This collection contains the autograph album of Mary Ann Heston of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The manuscript title page reads "Mary Ann Heston's Album" and contains twenty-three pages of calligraphically rendered manuscript poetry dedicated to Mary from her friends and family, together with three laid-in leaves of manuscript poetry. There are not many locations identified with the entries. One gives a location of Pineville, [Pennsylvania], and another is dated at "Warner's Point Academy." Census records indicate Heston and her family lived in Buckingham, Pennsylvania.

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased from Caroliniana Rare Books, 15 May 2022.

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: 1825-1826

Creator

Extent

.03 Cubic Feet (One letter-sized folder)

Inventory

1 item