Item Info

Scripts/Text: Roman print; Roman script
Language: English; Latin
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Family Register \ 

[in banner in eagle’s beak]
Deo juvante timendum nil. \

[in book]
HOLY BIBLE \

[column headings next to book]
BIRTHS \ Month day year \
DEATHS \ Month day year \

[main text, written in columns]
Stephen Perkins, Dec 19 1770 Sept 21 1838 \
Lydia Smith, Dec 17 1776 Sept 5 1863 \
Married Feb 23rd, 1796. \
Offspring \
John H. Perkins, Feb 10 1798 Nov 10 1859 \
Sally Perkins, Sept 23, 1799 Feb 21, 1800 \
Stephen Perkins, Nov 5 1801 Oct 2 1826 \
Solomon J. Perkins Aug 18 1804 Oct 16 1883 \
Benjamin R. Perkins, Jany 17 1807 Sept 20 1890 \
Joseph W. Perkins, Apl 1 1809 Apr. 13 1884 \
Sarah H. Perkins, Nov 2, 1813 Mar 25 1894 \
George W. Perkins, June 20 1818 June 21 1818 \
Adaline A. Perkins, June 20 1818 Apr. 7 1894 \
J. Phillips Payson 1838 \
 

Category: Family Record (Familienregister)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Roman print and script is in the center of the document beneath a columned arch. The arch is decorated with undulating leafy vines of fruit. In the upper center is an eagle holding a banner in its beak, inscribed in Latin the phrase (translated) "With God's assistance nothing is to be feared."  Beneath it is an open Bible.

Associated Names: Smith, Lydia
Creation Place Note: Creation Place Note:Unknown

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1820
Image Dimensions Width: 27 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 725
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener