Commonplace book, ca.1849-1868.

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Commonplace book, ca.1849-1868.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86167587

Contains poems and occasional verse written partly in Byfield, Mass. by the compiler, a school teacher, during his association with Amherst College, West Brattleboro Academy (Vermont), and Francestown Academy (N.H.), and at Byfield, Mass. Also a collection of hymns and other verse, including a poem "On the Death of Edgar A. Poe" by Sarah T. Bolton, and monument inscriptions transcribed by the compiler.

1 v. (141 leaves).

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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