Birch Bark Letter from Lizzie Eldridge
Description
- Mystery Question
- Can anyone decipher the meaning within Lizzie's letter?[Please answer by clicking on the Comments tab]
- Creator
- Eldridge, Lizzie, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Types
- Documents
- Correspondence
- Description
- This item is a letter written from Lizzie Eldridge to a Mrs. Edith dated June 3rd 1897. The letter is written on thin pieces of birch bark. The words "Wentworth Sta. June 3 1897" and "Dear friend Edith" can be read on the front, while the reverse side is marked "X. This is the one we could not have when painting," and the final page is signed from "Lizzie Eldridge." The title page also has her name on it along with a decorated piece of flowers and a scroll of paper.
- Notes
- Most of the letter is illegible.
- Date of Original
- 3 June 1897
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Lizzie Eldridge
- Local identifier
- 2019SC001.035
- Collection
- Shirley Caron Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.25011 Longitude: -79.99964
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Birch Bark Letter from Lizzie Eldridge. June 3, 1897. Shirley Caron Collection. Item No. 2019SC001.035.
- Contact
- County of Brant Public LibraryEmail:digitalhistory@brant.ca
Website:
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12 William Street
Paris, ON
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