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Copy and commonplace book, Melitta Morley Corkins and Mary Corkins

Date

1824-1885
Part of: Corkins Family Manuscripts
Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries

The principal creators of this album (and of the miscellaneous sheets bound into it) were Melitta Morley Corkins (b. ca. 1799) and her oldest daughter, Mary (1829-1861). Melitta's dated entries range from 1824 (before her marriage to Joseph Corkins) into the 1830s. Mary's dated entries are from 1843-1845 (around the time her younger sister Sarah began her journal, see MSN 8013-2 below). There are also three pages of family birth, marriage, and death dates, with one entry from as late as 1885. The content is varied, with copybook exercises, sentiments directed to Melitta and Mary, and a good deal of poetry.

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1824-1885

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Also from Corkins Family Manuscripts

Journal, Sarah Corkins Towslee, Vol. 1

Journal, Sarah Corkins Towslee, Vol. 1

Journal, Sarah Corkins Towslee, Vol. 2

Journal, Sarah Corkins Towslee, Vol. 2

Insertions in Sarah Corkins Towslee journal

Insertions in Sarah Corkins Towslee journal

Commonplace book, Sarah Corkins Towslee

Commonplace book, Sarah Corkins Towslee

Insertions in Sarah Corkins Towslee commonplace book

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