Unknown

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 12
Scope and content:

Scope and Contents Little Things are best". Addressed to Miss Stott. undated 1 page. "A Present of Doggerele to E.A. Henry, Jr." October 10, 1808. 1 page. "Adams and Liberty." Possibly written soon after the Revolutionary War, but glued on a newspaper dated November 19, 1845. "Ou a Jamais Eater-Suit." About land-case and water-case. November 13, 1859. "Anniversary." Probably written by a woman. September 29, 1869. "Are We Almost There?" Addressed to Mrs. Patsy Holladay. About a girl dying. undated "Hans Breitman's Party." Written in a mix of German and English. Humorous. undated "Hop". Addressed to Miss Philomela Rollo. undated "Shall We Know Each Other There?" About Heaven. undated "Two Pictures." Comparing young and old face of his wife. Written on back of stationery for W.W. Scott, State Law Librarian, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. February 22, 1912. "The Washing Day." undated "Remember Thee …" Partial Poem. Signature could be "M. Lou Bowles." undated "A Memento to the Departed!" January 1852. "From Georgia's Southern…Potomac's Either strand, Where Carolina's Fountains…" …" Possibly from a prisoner of war during the Civil War. Written on the back of an account sheet. undated "As I was going to …town I broke my yoke…" undated "If." Anon. About love. undated "To My Friend." C.H……of Ohio. Washington, D.C. July 10, 1846. "Reader, if ..the hand of envious care…" and "Melphemene! Fair muse to thee…" Two poems on one sheet with different handwriting. "Coroper's Grave." "It is a place where poet's …" undated "Cottage by the Sea." "The Last Rose of Summer." undated "In Virginia." Partial author name, Harry Currault…" undated Poem on one sheet about manufacturers and cars, with a play on words. undated. Handwritten poem "A Damsel burnt for not submitting to Popish Idolatry" by unknown and undated. Handwritten hymn "Come you that fear the Lord." Handwritten music for a "Spanish Hymn."

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College of William and Mary
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