Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania: 1832(?).
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Unbound. Two page letter to his father. Measuring 5" x 8". Old folds from mailing, margin a little trimmed or irregular, probably cut from a bifoliunm, else near fine. A marginally literate letter from Everitt to his father dated January 15th, 1832. The first page of the letter is largely taken up with pleasantries; the second states: "and I am ha[u]ling lime stones up I have twelfth loads up this is all for this time so good nigt. Franklin Everitt." Most of the page is taken up with a large and primitive drawing of a house, beneath which is written "Franklin Everitt mate this house." It is certainly within the realm of possibility that the letter was detached from a bifolium and that a second and third page of the letter existed, but the disjointed grammar obscures whether this was the case or not. Further, we have some difficulty identifying Everitt, or even whether the Chestnut Hill is the section of Philadelphia by that name, or the smaller township of that name in Monroe County between Scranton and Easton. In any event a pleasing folk art drawing.
Item #413724
