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(WOMEN) BERRY, Pamela S. and Sarah E. ORIGINAL VERSE.
Beverly, Massachusetts: 1859-1876. Small 4to. Quarter-sheep, respined. (112) pages.
A particularly nice private journal of original poetry by Pamelia S. Berry (1816 - ?), with superb calligraphy and drawings by her daughter, Sarah E. Berry (1836 - ?). Some of the calligraphy is enhanced with color. The album is several cuts above most that we have seen. The poetry is all original. A few newspaper clippings confirm that Pamelia was a published poet, if only in local newspapers. The poetry reflects the turbulent times of the Civil War ("Lines addressed to a Soldier on the death of his Mother" and "Stanzas Suggested by reading the account of the manner in which our soldiers, taken prisoners, were treated at old Richmond.") Other topics include the temperance movement (1876), "The Minot Light" (a lighthouse), and "For a patient in a Lunatic Hospital Written 1861." An 1860 Federal census shows Pamelia married to a baker, William A. Berry. He was mustered in 1862 and served as a private in Company L. of the 14th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. The album reflects the life of affluent women in New England during the Victorian and Civil War period.
$785.00
