Henry Wadsworth Longfellow calling card
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Item 11838
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Description
This page was removed from a scrapbook. The three items are a clipping from a newspaper about the retirement of Mayor Meigs from a career in banking, with a penned not beneath the newspaper clipping, "A good name is better than precious ointment- prov," a pen and ink sketch of a water scene "by Pierce" and a calling card from Henry W. Longfellow with the note, "Left for me by Mr. Longfellow in Oct. 77 while at Dr. Gray's." The owner of the scrapbook is not known.
Other Information
- Title: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow calling card
- Creation Date: circa 1877
- Subject Date: 1877
- Media: Paper
- Dimensions (cm): 18 x 12
- Local Code: 2002.325
- Object Type: Text and Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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Retirements
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
Visiting cards
Scrapbooks
People
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Mayor Meigs
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