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Preferred Citation

Mary Titus friendship album of poems, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased with the Molly Elliot Seawell Endowment.

Processing Information

The collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions and acquisitions to the collection.

Biographical / Historical

The friendship album owned by Mary Titus, a young woman from nineteenth century Virginia. The inscriptions are from Reading, Pennsylvania; Lebanon, Pennsylvania; Manassas, Virginia; Middlesex County, Virginia; and Richmond, Virgina. Friendship albums contained entries from aquaintances.

Content Description

This collection contains one book housed in original black leather boards with the word "Autographs" on the cover. The book contains eighteen handwritten entries from Pennsylvania and Virginia for Mary Titus. Entries include poems, short messages, or essays.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Friendship--Poetry
• Homemakers--Pennsylvania--Diaries
• Women--History--19th century