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Scrivener
Christian Sensenig, Jr.
Decorator
Christian Sensenig, Jr.
Accession Number
PAG2002.0134
Creation Date
11-30-1821
Description
Letter with five stanzas of verse addressed to a friend, drawing of red and yellow flowers in top right corner, musical bars and staff on right side.
Dimensions in Inches
11 1/2 x 7 3/8
Dimensions in Centimeters
29 x 19
Materials
Watercolor and ink on paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered
Category
Other
Motifs
flowers, musical notes
Associated Names
Christian Sensenich Jr
Rights
Please contact the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College for permissions which fall outside of educational fair use.
Source
Ursinus College Library Special Collections and the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art
Provenance
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Script/Text
English cursive
Language
English
Transcription
1. Farewell my neighbours and my friends,/All them that lov ed me,/I part from you from here to thence/I hope you’ll Come and See 2) If no misfortune do anoy/Among my neighbours here/With Silent grief and hidden Joy/I love them very free I have my Journey now fulfild/My aprenticeship is o’re/My love for them whic h I do feel/I feel it ore and more/ Now Winters here and Summer’s past/So Snow comes on in Showers/And fleeting time has brought at last/My Changeing time and hours I from my mothers land I Came/And up the Country went/And still I mind my fathers name/In my old fathers land. A piece of poetry or verse about your Change/from our Country or neighbourhood to your new/Neighbours and I hope these few lines will find you/happyly settled. No more at present as remains/your sincere well Wisher and humble servent /Christian Sensenich Junr./November the 30 1821
Comment
The verse in the letter speaks of the story of immigration with which many Pennsylvania Germans were familiar. The writer added a colorful floral drawing and music staff to his letter.
Condition
Good
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, correspondence
Image Location
Rights Statement
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