1880s autograph album with signers mostly from the North Clarendon, Vermont, area. The album appears to have been a Christmas gift in 1885.
No owner's name; no signers who indicated a relationship with the owner that might have provided a clue to the owner's identity.
The album is approximately 5-1/4" x 3-1/2" with leather covers and contains 27 signed pages. Interspersed between the pages of the album are pages with Louis Prang & Co. illustrations, copyrighted 1880.
An alphabetical list of the signers appears at the end of this post.
Sample pages:
The first page signed by a wellwisher was that of Addie M. Braisted of North Clarendon, Vermont, who signed her page on 26 November 1889. She chose one of the illustrated pages.
C. H. Standish signed a page on 13 March 1887 [or 1884]
A. Belle Wilcox of Shrewsbury, Vermont, signed a page on 15 June 1887.
Florence W. Pope of Waltham, Massachusetts, chose one of the illustrated pages.
Susie G. Long of Rutland, Vermont, signed a page on 15 February 1889.
Perley S. Mason of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed a page on 1 February 1886.
Minnie C. Provost of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed a page on 27 August 1888.
I wonder if I. Lena M. Provo was related to Minnie? She signed her page on 31 August 1888.
If you have a theory as to the album owner's identity or information on any of the signers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly. Thanks!
Alphabetical list of signers: [Note: given names within a specific surname may not be in alphabetical order.]
- Addie M. Braisted of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed on 26 November 1889. An illustrated page - copyright 1880 L. Prang & Co., Boston
- Mabel Carpenter of Rutland, Vermont, signed on 5 February 1889
- Robert F. Cutler of Newtonville, Massachusetts, signed on 15 August 1888
- Carl G. Cutler of Newtonville, Massachusetts, signed on 27 July 1888
- Nettie Douglass of Rutland, Vermont, signed in February 1889 [or 1887]
- Edith K. Dunton of Rutland, Vermont, signed on 23 March 1889
- Bessie A. Faulkner of Rutland, Vermont, signed on 14 March 1889
- Etta Franklin of Rutland, Vermont, signed on 14 March 1889
- Cassie G. Gee of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed on 23 April 1888
- Minnie C. Gorton of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed on 9 March 1887
- Bertha M. Gorton of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed on 5 September 1888
- Jessie May Hoag of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed on 25 November 1889
- Daisy Hutchinson of Rutland, Vermont, signed on 1 February 1889 "You have the best wishes of..."
- Anna M. Kelley of Rutland, Vermont, signed on 15 February 1889
- Susie G. Long of Rutland, Vermont, signed on 15 February 1889
- Frank H. Mason of Waltham, Massachusetts, signed on 24 [or 27] December 1885
- Mary R. H. Mason of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed on 27 December 1885
- Perley S. Mason of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed on 1 February 1886
- Minnie B. Phillips of Cuttingsville, Vermont, signed on 28 June 1887
- Richard E. Pope, signed at Waltham, Massachusetts
- Florence W. Pope of Waltham, Massachusetts. She chose one of the illustrated pages.
- Ilena M. Provo of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed on 31 August 1888
- Minnie C. Provost of North Clarendon, Vermont, signed on 27 August 1888. She chose an illustrated page.
- Carrie M. Royce of Washington, D.C., signed on 9 July 1888
- May L. Sawyer of Rutland, Vermont, signed on 5 December 1888 "Sincerely yours"
- C. H. Standish, signed on 13 March 1887 [or 1884]. "Let friendship creep gently to a height, it it rush to it, It may soon run itself out of ?"
- A. Belle Wilcox of Shrewsbury, Vermont, signed on 15 June [or 13] 1887
Rutland, Vermont [A] and North Clarendon, Vermont [B]
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