Louisa Coulling Keepsake Album, 1859/1863

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 36
Scope and content:

Keepsake Album, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.; bound, 7x8 in.; alternating blank white and blue leaves, with an occasional engraved illustration; inside front cover, in ink: "Miss Louisa T. Coulling, Dec 25th 1859"; in ink on title page: "Louisa T. Coulling from her Mother"; in ink on leaf after title page: "Dedication", signed by W.E.J., Charlottesville Va, Nov. 9th 1860; among the few scattered entries: a 'letter' to Dear Lou, from your Paster Wm. E. Judkins, Charlottesville Va. Nov. 9th 1860; a 'farewell' to Lulie? from Ginnie?, S. F. College[?], 1863; another 'farewell' to Dearest Lou, from Your attached cousin [illegible], Charlesville [sic] Va., Sept 30th, 1862; "Wishing to be remembered, dear friend . . .", signed Orie, Fern Lea, October 7th, 1862; and near back: To Loulie, a poem, With much love, signed H. A. Rouzie [?], Fern Lea, Oct. 9th 1863. Four inserted items: (a) a handwritten poem on one page of a folded sheet, addressed to Mary [?] Baxter, from her affect. Cousin, Selina Wheaton[?] (b) a handwritten poem, "A Vision", on both sides of a folded blue sheet; illegible signature at end; (c) a note on one side of a small lined sheet: Dear Lou, "I did not know I was so sick. . . Do with my body as you think best. . ." signed Mary Coulling; (d) a handwritten poem, "To Little Brother", on both sides of a small sheet, unsigned.

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