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Mary Ann Heston album

 Collection — Box: BW 54, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16786

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.

Dates

  • Creation: 1825-1826

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

.03 Cubic Feet (One letter-sized folder)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Caroliniana Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 15 May 2022.

Title
Mary Ann Heston album
Status
Completed
Author
Ellen Welch
Date
2023-06-02
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States