Envelope & Contents, Elizabeth Broach

 
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Envelope of Elizabeth Broach containing Tea Roses & notes
Envelope & Contents, Elizabeth Broach
Envelope of Elizabeth Broach containing Tea Roses & notes
Envelope of Elizabeth Broach containing Tea Roses & notes

Envelope & Contents, Elizabeth Broach

Object number2006.016.120.1-4
Dateca. 1904
Mediumpaper, ink, dried flowers
Dimensions3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (8.9 x 16.5 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Description1. Envelope from the Osteopathic Women's National Association, Elizabeth L. Broach, president. The envelope has the following typed on the front: "Tea Roses plucked in Grandma Reynolds' flower-yard, near Camden, Ark., Ouachita Co. by our late Father, Dr. Clinton A. Broach, when he and mother, then Miss Catherine Atkins Reynolds, became engaged in the Spring of 1866. One year later Jan 17, 1867 they were married."

2. Dried Flowers

3. Card signed by Mrs. C.A. Broach with a flower pinned to the front. The back reads as follows: "This little cluster of flowers and leaves were plucked from that large stone that President Jefferson Davis stood on when he made his last speech to men in arms, up on top of Lookout Mt. I gathered them on the 14th of July 1904." signed Catherine Broach.

4. Small piece of paper that reads, "Keep this dearest in rememberance of me."
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