| Catalog date |
08/30/2006 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Classification |
Poem
Bicentennial |
| Collection |
Bowd Osborne Misc. papers |
| Date |
1975 |
| Abstract |
A booklet of poems by Wallace Weed, the mailman poet, prepared for the Bicentennial.
On the title page there is a copy of a painting of Wallace Weed as a mailman.
It is divided into three sections with several poems in each section.
First section: TOWN
Poems: Marblehead, In Marblehead, The Old Burying Hill, Fort Sewall, The Old Tavern, The Old Lee Mansion, The Old Town House and Saint Michaele.
Second section: LEGENDS
Poems: Tom Bowen's Church, Parson Walton's Dole, Goodman Gatchell' Impiety, Red Bottomed Bats, Ye Cow-Lease Allotments, The Old Meeting-House Lean-To, The "Injun Claims," The Pinkies, The Loss of the Only Son, The Lost Heritage, The Star Witness, The Great Gale.
Third Section: PEOPLE
Poems: Black Joe, Jonny Quelch, Commodore Tucker's Visitor, The Screeching Woman, Old Wyman's Bargain, The Swine Law, Capt'n Bill, Old Di'mond, Flud Ireson, Sir Elkins, Old Mammy Redd,
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| Home Location |
FK Box 18X13 Charlie Shelf#2 |
| Object ID |
1961-004-06003 |
| Object Name |
Booklet |
| People |
Weed, Wallace |
| Search Terms |
Bicentennial |
| Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
| Subjects |
Poetry
Poets
Legends
People |
| Title |
Tales the Combers Tell, Poems of Old Marblehead |
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