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Collection
Fraktur Collection
Object ID
2017.999.23
Date Range
1843
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Collection
Fraktur Collection
Description
Presentation piece is a square sheet of wove paper with hand-printed, multicolored lettering. It reads: "To / Miss Catharine Harnish / of West Lampeter Township, / Lancaster County, Pa."
In small, cursive handwriting in blue ink is "From your friend -- When this you sing remember me, / Though many miles we distant be,". Unsigned. Done by the same maker as the 1843 acrostic for Catharine Harnish, 2017.999.24, and probably the same time.
Same unknown maker as 2017.999.24
Date Range
1843
Year Range From
1840
Year Range To
1845
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 5
Storage Container
Box 0537
People
Harnish, Catharine
Subject
Fraktur art
Frakturs (Documents)
Search Terms
Fraktur
Object Name
Fraktur
Oither Names
Presentation Piece
Material
Paper, Ink
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2017-09-06
Condition Notes
Light soil, smudges, staining and very light foxing. Left side of paper has been roughly cut off. Short tear at left side, 2" from bottom corner.
Object ID
2017.999.23
Notes
One of the Fraktur Collection appraised by Rev. Fred Weiser Sept. 1988. Numbered #22.
Place of Origin
West Lampeter Twp.
Accession Number
2017.999
Images
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