Pages 50 through 59
Page 50: Most of this page is occupied by the second half of the article on the Louisburg Female College from the page before. This portion of the article contains the program for Prudence's commencement, which includes a religious exercise, The Fall of a Leaf is a Whisper to the Living, led by Prudence herself. This page also includes a poem dated June 4th, 1868.
Page 51: This page includes sections of a poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson, a prominent Victorian-era poet, accompanied by three illustrations. There is also a collection of health proverbs, continuing a theme of self-help and self-improvement articles Prudence included in her scrapbook.
Page 52: Page 52 includes a poem by Joseph Warren Watson, a relatively obscure American poet. There is an illustration of a woman of Prudence's time standing in what appears to be a garden. Lastly, there is a rather clever collection of health tips and pieces of advice starting with each letter of the alphabet.
Page 53: This page continues the winter and snow theme from the previous page; it's possible that these few pages were compiled and put into the scrapbook during the winter months. Prudence also included two articles on courtship and marriage, though she was most likely single at the time and did not marry until she was in her 40's.
Page 54: Page 54 includes a little bit of everything seen in the scrapbook thus far: an illustration, a few poems, an article about marriage, and a small collection of aphorisms.
Page 55: The illustration in the upper left corner of this page depicts a wealthy looking woman wearing a large headdress. While Prudence was from a wealthy family herself, the family suffered before and during the Civil War, leaving their very productive farmland behind in 1858 and losing two family members to the war itself. There is also a long article describing how to write a love letter.
Page 56: This page includes several poems with unknown or relatively obscure poets, though one poem is most likely from a magazine (as opposed to a newspaper) judging by the wide margins of the cutout. There is also a short religious quote from English preacher John Bunyan and an illustration of a woman and a dog.
Page 57: There is a large illustration of a flower-covered cross on this page, along with a poem by poet and women's rights advocate Adelaide Anne Procter. Additionally, there are obituaries for two women who were likely friends or acquaintances of Prudence or her family.
Page 58: This page includes the obituaries for Prudence's brother Jesse and father Thomas. Jesse was the second oldest son in the family and was killed in action at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, one of two Person boys to be killed in the war.
Page 59: Like with Page 57, there are two more obituaries on this page for women who had no direct relation to the Person family. There are also a couple of poems that are from magazines including one from Godey's Lady's Book and a quote from Sir Francis Bacon.
Previous page on path | View the Scrapbook from Beginning to End, page 6 of 11 | Next page on path |
Discussion of "Pages 50 through 59"
Add your voice to this discussion.
Checking your signed in status ...