Item Info

Scripts/Text: Roman print; Roman script
Language: English
Weiser Number: 646
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

[on reverse]
This is the property of Susanna Fluck Reuben H Macknet D 1851 \ Susanna I made A present to you that you sa shant forget Me \ as long as you live and I will not forget you as long as I live \ S.U.S.A.N.N.A. F.L.U.C.K. is my name america is my \ station franconia is my dwelling place and Christ is my salvation \ when I am dead and in my grave and all me bones are wrotten \ then these few lines will tell my Name when others have forgotten \ Susanna Fluck In the year of our lord 1851
 

Category: Drawing
Media Type: Drawings
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered (on reverse). A leafy stem of flowers is in the center of the document, flanked by two branches and two birds. The entire document is framed by a border. The text, in Roman print and script by the same hand, is on the reverse.

Associated Names: Macknet, Reuben H.
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Montgomery
City/Town/Township:Franconia Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1851
Image Dimensions Width: 31 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 293
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener