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Collection Reference Number GLC00686.01
From Archive Folder Letters and photographs of the Van Valkenburgh family of New York 
Title Typed excerpts of compositions by Franklin Van Valkenburgh when he was 12
Date 1847
Author Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler (1835-1924)  
Document Type Miscellany
Content Description Not an original document; no date for typed excerpt. Contains 2 excerpts from compositions, one written when Frank was 10 in 1845, the other when he was 12 on 28 September 1847. First composition is about wishing. The second composition is titled "the History of a Black Board." Some handwritten notes in pen on second page. Image of purple and yellow flower on the back of the stationary. Includes an envelope with the words "News Paper Scraps &C &c." The return address is for the Van Valkenburgh family in Milwaukee.
Subjects Children and Family  Education  
People Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler (1835-1924)  
Theme Education; Children & Family
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859