Preferred Citation

MSS 16190, Lucia Kingman fFriendship album, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Eclectibles by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on July 22, 2016.

Scope and Contents

Lucia Kingman friendship album, 1835-1840, 0.03 cubic feet, a commericial friendship album with red leather binding, and blind and gold stamped decoration. There is an unused decorated title page marked "Published by J.C. Riker, No. 15 Ann Street, New York." It is filled with poems titled "To Lucia" in similar and various hands from signers in Princeton, Ipsweich, North Bridgewater, Easton, Reading, and Wellfleet. [Ipswich Female Seminary] Some hand colored prints.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Friendship booklets

General

Women's Scrapbook/Commonplace Book Collections University of Virginia