1880s Homemade Autograph Album, Signed by Students at Pinkerton Academy at Derry, New Hampshire

1880s homemade autograph album that features 21 calling-card-sized pieces laced together.  A few cards are inscribed on both sides, for a total of 30 well wishers.

The cards measure just under 3-1/2" by just under 2".  Many of the signers indicated they were students at Pinkerton Academy at Derry, New Hampshire.  A card signed by Elizabeth Adams Foster of the Class of 1885:

Anna P. Lincoln, who inscribed the top card, or the top card still present, may or may not have been the owner.  A later note indicated that she had married David Batchelder.  The middle initial looks like an E or a C, but most records show that Anna married David L. Batchelder, Jr.

The owner, presumably, added a note to another card, that signed by Sarah Blood.  On February 5, 1890, Sarah married Charles M. Taylor; their address was 85 Bradford Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Surnames in the "album"

A	G	N
Alexander	Gibson [2]	Nichols
Angell	Goodwin	P
B	H	Poor
Bartlett	Hazelton	R
Blood [2]	How	Rogers [2]
C	K	S
Campbell	Knight	Stevens
Clark [2]	Lee	U
Crowell [2]	Lincoln	Underhill
F	M	Upton
Foster	McNamara
	Morrison

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Card signers

A

• Emma Alexander of Alexandria, New Hampshire. Pinkerton Academy
• Edmund R. Angell

B

• Susie H. Bartlett of Epping, New Hampshire, signed on June 26, 1885
• Sarah Blood. With the added information, Mrs. Charles M. Taylor, Married February 5, 1890, 85 Bradford Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts
• Mary E. Blood of Derry, New Hampshire, signed on June 24, 1885

C

• Mamie Campbell, signed at Pinkerton Academy at Derry, New Hampshire. Class of 1885.
• Sylvia Clark of Derry, New Hampshire, signed on June 24, 1885. Pinkerton Academy
• H. G. Clark of Derry, New Hampshire, signed on June 25, 1885
• Nellie Crowell; middle initial could be I or A or C or ?
• Mamie E. Crowell of Derry, New Hampshire

F

• Ida M. Foster of Pelham, New Hampshire, signed on June 25, 1883
• Elizabeth Adams Foster, signed at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, New Hampshire. Class 1885

G

• Grace Gibson of Londonderry, New Hampshire
• Hattie B. Gibson of Derry, New Hampshire, signed on June 27, 1885
• Lizzie E. Goodwin, signed on June 24, 1885

H

• Alice B. Hazelton of East Chester, New Hampshire, signed at Pinkerton Academy in 1885
• Caroline M. How of Derry, New Hampshire. Pinkerton Academy.

K

• Genieve Beatrice Knight

L

• Katherine Frances Lee of Pelham, New Hampshire, signed June 24, 1885. Pinkerton Academy
• Anna P. Lincoln, with the name Mrs. David E. Batchelder or David C. Batchelder written below it. Anna P. Lincoln married David L. Batchelder, Jr. Perhaps he had a nickname that began with E or C.?  Possibly the album owner.

M

• Belle McNamara of Pelham, New Hampshire. Class of 1881
• Ellen A. Morrison

N

• Addie Corinne Nichols of Derry, New Hampshire, signed on June 23, 1885. Pinkerton Academy

P

• Lillian B. Poor, signed on June 25, 1885
• Alice M. Pressey of Derry, New Hampshire. Pinkerton Academy

R

• Henrietta W. Rogers
• Mary C. Rogers of Derry, New Hampshire. Pinkerton Academy

S

• Sadie L. Stevens of Derry, New Hampshire

U

• Caroline M. Underhill
• Bessie M. Upton of Derry, New Hampshire, signed on June 24, 1885

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