Transcript:
Mr. Colfax
Dear Sir-
Since sending you my note, I have found that Gen Grant’s staff will not be seated with him, therefore, with much pleasure, I will send the carriage at 7 o’clock.
Truly, Mary Lincoln
Citation: Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882), autograph letter signed to Schuyler Colfax. Washington, D.C., 13 April 1865. AMs 354/13.2
The New Book of Nonsense was published for sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair, which ran from June 7 to June 29, 1864. It is an imitation of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.
Transcript:
My good Southern Brother look here, one thing to my mind is quite clear-
If we put out this Furness, it no longer will burn us,
Nor warm little darkies up here.
Citation: The new book of nonsense. A contribution to the Great Central Fair in aid of the Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. A 864n
The New Book of Nonsense was published for sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair, which ran from June 7 to June 29, 1864. It is an imitation of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.
Transcript:
There was a bold painter who said, “I will paint such a wonderful head,
That I’ll make the whole Fair, with astonishment stare
When they see this miraculous head.”
Citation: The new book of nonsense. A contribution to the Great Central Fair in aid of the Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. A 864n
The New Book of Nonsense was published for sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair, which ran from June 7 to June 29, 1864. It is an imitation of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.
Transcript:
There was a young lady of Rittenhouse Square,
Attacked by a worm as she went to the Fair,
But a champion brave was destined to save,
This frightened young lady of Rittenhouse Square.
Citation: The new book of nonsense. A contribution to the Great Central Fair in aid of the Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. A 864n
The New Book of Nonsense was published for sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair, which ran from June 7 to June 29, 1864. It is an imitation of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.
Transcript:
There was an old man of Carlisle, who left the rebels in style;
For said he “I will flee,
I never liked Lee,
And someday I’ll come back to Carlisle.”
Citation: The new book of nonsense. A contribution to the Great Central Fair in aid of the Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. A 864n
The New Book of Nonsense was published for sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair, which ran from June 7 to June 29, 1864. It is an imitation of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.
Transcript:
There is a great German tenor,
So bewitching and charming in manner,
The bells of upper-ten
Call him “sweetest of men,”
And dote on the great German tenor.
Citation: The new book of nonsense. A contribution to the Great Central Fair in aid of the Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. A 864n
The New Book of Nonsense was published for sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair, which ran from June 7 to June 29, 1864. It is an imitation of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.
Transcript:
There was a young girl at a ball,
Who would cling so close to the wall
That not a man there
To approach her did dare
Though they called her the “flower” of the ball.
Citation: The new book of nonsense. A contribution to the Great Central Fair in aid of the Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. A 864n
The New Book of Nonsense was published for sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair, which ran from June 7 to June 29, 1864. It is an imitation of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.
Transcript:
There once were a number of Quakers,
Who would meet, “become such queer shakers.”
That they never did smile,
But just shook all the while,
These quivering, quaking, old shakers.
Citation: The new book of nonsense. A contribution to the Great Central Fair in aid of the Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. A 864n
The New Book of Nonsense was published for sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair, which ran from June 7 to June 29, 1864. It is an imitation of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.
Transcript:
There was a stout lady of Boston,
Whose clothes looked as if they were tossed;
But her boots were so tight, that to get them on right,
They had to be taken and forced on.
Citation: The new book of nonsense. A contribution to the Great Central Fair in aid of the Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. A 864n
The New Book of Nonsense was published for sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair, which ran from June 7 to June 29, 1864. It is an imitation of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.
Transcript:
There was a sweet girl of Kingessing, whose actions were truly distressing;
For she sat on the pump
And threw knives at a stump,
An appearance not quite prepossessing.
Citation: The new book of nonsense. A contribution to the Great Central Fair in aid of the Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. A 864n