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Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice Diaries & Letters of Tri-Counties

Jane E. Bradford Autograph Book Township: Smithfield? Township, Bradford County PA Year: 1859-1873 Transcribed by Kim Rossiter Tri-County Genealogy & History Sites Home Page How to Use This Site Warning & Disclaimer Columbia Township Page More Diaries & Letters No Unauthorized Commercial Use Say Hello to Joyce Photo by Joyce M. Tice 1999

Joyce's Search Tip - December 2010 Do You Know that you can search just the 355 pages of our Diaries and Letters on this site  by using the Diaries button in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? But diaries and letters are wonderful sources to understand the culture of time and place. Read them and enjoy them slowly.

Upon these pages now so pure and white,

May Friendship its best offerings indite;

A prized memento may each offering be,

Pure and sincere, from sichening Flattery free;

Yes-may the true-_____ here their tribute bring,

Each one a pure a heartfelt offering.

Prized much in Youth, and prized still more in Age,

When your dim eyes shall rest upon each page.

Prized not so much for fine, poetic art,

As for sincerity, and for their soul and heart!

Respectfully

N.B.

April 14, 1859

Columbia Feby. 20^th 1859

To Miss Jane E. Bradford

O what though I’ll _________us

If those we love are nigh

To smorthe browe of Sorrow

And calm in the heavenly sigh

Our loving Smile will banish

The clouds of care and pain (?)

Our loving word will bring us

Joye sunshine back againe

Our best and brightest treasure

Our ______for every pain

Is in the hearts that love us

A linked and golden chain

And with that chain to guard us

A chained and shining ________

O what though ill __________us

I caused ____________ ________.

C.H. Ballard

Dark may sometimes seem our ________grim way,

Yet Gospel Hope can change our Night to Day;

Oft may our souls be towed in grief and sorrow,

Yet Faith apures us of a smiling morrow;

No longer need our souls ‘ mi’d dark______ grope,

For Faith supplies us with the Camp of hope;

Heaven hath a balm for every grief or ill;

It holy truths each aching void can fill;

Faith too, can rob death of its sting and gloom,

And paint a bow of brightnefs o’er the tomb!

For all life’s ills, Heaven hath a healing balm;

Anchored our souls in Christ, we may be calm

E’en mid the wreck of worlds-a sweet ______find

That brings a present hearun unto the human mind.

Then hope in God! Oh’neer distust his love!

Each seeming ill may yet a blefsing prove;

God hath the power of coining good from ill;

Then let us meekly bow before the Father’s sill!

His love is mingled with each gridf or wo,

In love he smiles, though staggering seems the blow.

Respectfully,

N.B.

Denver Colorado

Mollie Blackwell

Mansfield Pa
May 29, 1870

Loasalle Co. Illinois
March 9, 1873

Denver City May 9^th 1873 Colorado Teritory

Frankstown (?)

Douglas County

March 9, 1873 Colorado

Towanda

Penna

July 7^th 1873

Lalona (?)

Clinton Co Penna

Sept 8^th 73

Sylvania Penna

Jan 27^th 1895

Mifs M.L. Furman (?)

Sylvania Pa Jan 27^th 1875

Through black be the clouds that often float over us,

Casting dark Shadows in the pathway before us,

Lets never give away to their Shadings in Sorry,

Not allow them to bury our bosoms in gloom,

There’s a sun who’s rays will beam brightly tomorrow,

And flowers, eve long, in that pathway will bloom.

L.E.C.

April 12, 1876

Sylvania. Bradford Co. Penna

May 8^th/69

Divide us.

And your face no more I see.

Remember it was Jennie

Who wrote these lines to thee.

Your loving cousin

Jennie E. Bradford

Aug 18^th 1879 Geneva NY

On the back it says; " My New Year’s gift to you." Effie C. Taylor

Ottawa

Lasalle Co Ill.

November 8, 1877

November 2d 1880

shapes our _________,

Rough how _______ as we ________"

Robbly (?) McDowall

July 23d 1877

Sylvania

Virtue

Yours

N.h.P.

Sylvania Penna

Waverly. NY

Aug 11. 1874

Remember a Friend

To Mifs Jane E. Bradford.

By many a word, by many a smile,

Thy young heart Lady may be wou

Than let not words alone beguile

Though breathed in music every one

And let not the smiles that play

In circling wreaths of beauty charm

Neath pleased words and smiles may strong

Dark thoughts to work thee Lady harm

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When wit and geniere (?) tell of love

In passing kindling eloquence

Should o’er they warm affections move

__ drive the sweet emotions thence

For womans hopes and warmest heart

Ane never filled alone by these

Beneath the glow such fires impart

Look ________ for moralities

L.I. Ballard

Waverly NY

August 11^th 1874

Mary A. Ballard

Alice M. Watkins

Ottawa
 

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