By Sarah Osorio
Title: M. Secor Poetry Album, circa 1830s-1860s
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-664
Primary Creator: Unknown
Extent: 1.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged by record type.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Subjects: American poetry--19th century, New England--Social life and customs--19th century, New York (N.Y.)
Forms of Material: Albums (books), Prints (visual works)
Languages: English
Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source: Unknown
Preferred Citation: M. Secor Poetry Album, MSS 0000-664, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information: Processed February 9, 2017.
"Presented to M. Secor by her Father." Album includes signed and unsigned handwritten poetry by various authors. Poets in the album include M. Secor, Carrie McLane, Stella, Frederick W. M., and Sarah A. Merrell. Printed images inside the album were engraved by A. B. Durand; the six images located throughout the volume are titled as follows: Delaware Water-Gap, Weehawken, Catskill Mountains, The Falls of the Sawkill, Fort Putnam, and Winnipiseogee Lake.
One page in the album is dated February 9, 1845 from New York and is titled, "To Our infant Daughter." Another page is dated May 8, 1849 and captures a memory written by George McCord at No. 5 Staunton Street, New York about his wife Matilda McCord and two children: Mary Ella McCord and George H. McCord.
