Between the Covers

Softcover. First edition. Octavo. Printed buff wrappers. 31, [1]pp. Some soiling and small stains on wrappers and text, small gouge on front wrap, one hand emendation in text, but a nice and sound very good or better copy. Account of the marriage and celebration held at the couple home, "Evergreen" near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Includes the guest list, several poems by David Newport, also by William C. Newport of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and several other contributions in both poetry and prose by various friends and relatives, including Seth T. Walton, Canby Newport, John William Graham, Clara Price Newport, Rodman B. Newport, and William J. Buck. Includes a family history that reveals that Susan Satterthwaite Newport was the step-granddaughter of Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom Ross), who married her Grandfather John Claypoole after she was twice widowed. Ross lived with Susan Satterthwaite Newport's family in Ross's old age. *OCLC* locates the title, but identifies no locations for physical copies.

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