Pages 80 through 89
Page 80: This page is another "flower page."
Page 81: This page contains a long list of everyday measurements and quantities that may have been useful to the likes of Prudence and her family. There is also a long letter from a home and farm correspondent of some kind which includes cleaning tips and recipes.
Page 82: The article from the previous page continues here, with more recipes and home remedies for diarrhea, dysentery, and hoarseness. Once again, there are poems regarding the Civil War and marriage, along with several more aphorisms.
Page 83: This page includes a column that alludes to the lingering societal issues African Americans faced during the Reconstruction era. The illustration on the page shows the late 19th century fad of women wearing hoops under in their skirts and dresses.
Page 84: Prudence included a rather typical mix of poems, aphorisms, articles, and illustrations in this page, though there is a particularly interesting and poignant article about the importance and influence of females on good character.
Page 85: This page contains a poem written by American poet Elizabeth Chase Allen under the pseudonym Florence Percy along with an accompanying illustration.
Page 86: This page is similar to the "flower pages" that are found throughout the latter portion of Prudence's scrapbook. However, Prudence also included an image of a dove carrying a flower attached to a Bible verse.
Page 87: This page contains a single large illustration, though not of flowers. The illustration instead depicts a woman daydreaming.
Page 88: This page is centered around the death of friends and family, with three obituaries and a poem of mourning. One of the obituaries in particular is for W. P. Montgomery, the husband of Prudence's sister Temperance.
Page 89: While the previous page was themed around death, this page makes no mention of it. Instead, it resembles a page from earlier on in the scrapbook, with an illustration depicting a woman and articles on women and marriage.
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