Author: DeKroyft, Mrs. S. H
Title: A Place in Thy Memory
Description: NY: John F. Trow, Printer and Stereotyper, 1868. 1868. NY: John F. Trow, Printer and Stereotyper, 1868. 1868. Very good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on spine; a.e.g. The covers are bumped & rubbed. The spine is somewhat faded with pieces out of the head & tail & 1 tiny piece out of the mid-section. 191 pp. There is light staining to the endpapers. B&W frontispiece depicting the New York Institute for the Blind. Very good internally.

These letters were written by a blind poetess from Rochester, NY who, after her husband's death, attended the New York Institute for the Blind in New York City. A number of letters describe her travels around New York State including a trip back to Rochester via the Hudson River and the Catskills. Very good .

Keywords: AMERICANA; DISABILITY; BLINDNESS; NEW YORK INSTTITUTE FOR THE BLIND; NEW YORK STATE; UPSTATE NEW YORK; CATSKILLS; POET; WOMAN POET; DEKROYFT; MRS. S. H. DEKROYFT; PLATE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

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