Box 4

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Contains 2 Results:

Ledger Book with Pressed Plants, 1795

File — Box: 4

Scope and Contents

[J]esse Tyson, Merchant, Baltimore book signed inside, receipt book with dates from 1795-1803. Book is also filled with pages of Pressed plants, some with descriptions, some with a date and location. Plants dates start at 1891.

Dates: 1795

Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 3057, E. B. Smith-E. E. Tyson collection / Series II: Elizabeth Ellicott Tyson

Book of Pressed flowers, 1858

File — Box: 4

Scope and Contents

Leather-bound book of pressed flowers, includes inscriptions "sent by my sister", initials MCH. Silhouette of young girl pasted on inside left front cover. European dates from 1858 noted (date of EE Tyson trip to Europe). Also has dates/sites of civil war battles with pressed flowers.

Dates: 1858

Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / MS 3057, E. B. Smith-E. E. Tyson collection / Series II: Elizabeth Ellicott Tyson