Lot 223
  • 223

Watercolor Fraktur: Birth Record of Permilia H. Dons, James Murray, Strafford County, New Hampshire, 1821

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Family Record
  • Watercolor on paper
  • 14 1/4 by 11 1/4 in.
inscribed Permilia H. Dons Age She Was / Born December 1st 1818 In Barnstead / County of Strafford State of New Hampshire; signed in the lower roundel James / Murray / Scripscit / February 16 / 1821.

Provenance

Alice Lake, Wycoff, New Jersey.

Condition

Paper darkened with some creases and tears.
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