Mountain ballads and other poems, 1859.

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Mountain ballads and other poems, 1859.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/777010775

The collection consists of a bound volume of hand-lettered poems by Mary Stetson Bartlett, with illustrations of nature in a gentle ink wash by her husband, Josiah Moody Bartlett. The poems praise nature, and often show a spiritual side. Ashland 1859, is written on the title page, and the titles of the illustrations suggest that the poems were inspired by the Ashland area in eastern Pennsylvania. Contains many decorated initials, including the author's monogram, MSB. While the contents pages indicate "The Old Pine Tree" on page 71 is the last poem, four additional illustrated poems on pages 73 through [74-78] are bound in. Also included are 18 pages of draft or rough copies of several of the poems on loose pages.

96 pages.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8201203

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Bartlett, Mary Stetson, 1815 or 1816-

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Mary Stetson Bowers was born in Massachusetts in 1815 or 1816, and married Josiah Moody Bartlett. Bartlett, a talented amateur artist, was an Episcopal clergyman who served churches in Camden, New Jersey, and Fisher's Island, New York. The couple had nine children. From the description of Mountain ballads and other poems, 1859. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 777010775 ...

Bartlett, Josiah Moody, 1803-1891

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