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Contains 46 Results:

Unidentified religious song, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 42
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The inside cover of the journal bears the date October 2, 1838 and also the year 1841. The first fifty-one pages of the journal consist of a collection of essays on various topics, apparently written as school assignments. Of the twenty-three essays, nine are initialed J A McN or some variation. Eight bear the initials J H T. Six are labeled M L B. The essays are short and the topics range from descriptions of scenery, imaginative paragraphs written from the points of view of animals or...
Dates: undated

Poem, identified only with the last name Moore in journal, , undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 44
Scope and Contents Note

From Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance (ln 275-291, 3rd tale of 4 The Fire-Worshippers) 1817.

Dates: undated

List of books used in the Brownsville Female Academy, 1838, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 45
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The inside cover of the journal bears the date October 2, 1838 and also the year 1841. The first fifty-one pages of the journal consist of a collection of essays on various topics, apparently written as school assignments. Of the twenty-three essays, nine are initialed J A McN or some variation. Eight bear the initials J H T. Six are labeled M L B. The essays are short and the topics range from descriptions of scenery, imaginative paragraphs written from the points of view of animals or...
Dates: undated

Poem, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 46
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Untitled and signed by Julia Ann McNeill. A farewell to Brownsville Academy.

Dates: undated

A mountain scene, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 1
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Signed J A McN. Essay describing an experience and challenge of climbing a mountain. The end of this essay includes a sentence to the young ladies of Brownsville Female Academy about the importance of writing their compositions.

Dates: undated

The Looking glass, , undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 2
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Signed J H T. Essay from the point of view of a looking glass, tracing it from a shop to a home.

Dates: undated

The Slate Pencil, , undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 3
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Signed M L B. Essay from the point of view of a pencil, used at a school and lost in the street.

Dates: undated

The Goose Quill, , undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 4
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Signed M L B. Essay from the point of view of a quill, remembering its journey from goose to its loss.

Dates: undated

Disadvantages of attending Theatres, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 5
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Signed M L B. Paragraph on the evils of theater.

Dates: undated

The Lion, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 6
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Signed J A McN. Essay from the point of a view of a lion traveling the world from Africa to Brownsville, Tennessee.

Dates: undated

My visit to the Moon, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 7
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Signed M L B. Story of a trip to the moon, the beings there and the return to Brownsville.

Dates: undated

Vanity, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 8
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Signed J A McN. Essay about the sin of vanity.

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A Winter evening, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 9
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Signed M L B. Description of a night in the winter.

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Remembrance of childhood, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 10
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Signed M L B. Memories of growing up in Virginia and of a friend there.

Dates: undated

The Farmer, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 11
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Signed J H T. Description of the life and virtues of the farmer.

Dates: undated

The life of a Squirrel., undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 12
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Signed J H T. Written from the point of view of a squirrel who traveled in search of a new home and ends up as a pet.

Dates: undated

The Mechanic, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 13
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Signed J H T. Description of the life and virtues of the mechanic.

Dates: undated

North America, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 14
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Signed J A McN. Short, subjective account in praise of America.

Dates: undated

The Life of a pin, undated

 File — Folder: 1, item: 15
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Signed J H T. Written from the point of view of a hair pin from its creation to its loss in the street.

Dates: undated