Full-page illustration in "The Court of King Arthur: stories from the Land of the Round Table" by William Henry Frost. Illustrated by Sydney Richmond Burleigh.
Chapter head illustration for Chapter III of "The Court of King Arthur: stories from the Land of the Round Table" by William Henry Frost. Illustrated by Sydney Richmond Burleigh.
Chapter head illustration for Chapter V of "The Court of King Arthur: stories from the Land of the Round Table" by William Henry Frost. Illustrated by Sydney Richmond Burleigh.
Envelope decorated by Charles C. Burleigh, Sr. addressed to his wife, Gertrude Kimber Burleigh of Florence, Massachusetts. Burleigh traveled as an abolitionist speaker and often decorated envelopes sent home.
Envelope made of yellow paper with calligraphic lettering of "G. K. Burleigh" printed diagonally across the envelope surrounded by a grape vine design. The address of "Florence / Mass." is surrounded by a foliate border connected by a bird. The typeface of the letters of the word "Florence" resemble logs. Two postmarks flank the upper left corner.
Inscribed on reverse in pen by the donor: "Envelope decorated by Grandfather Burleigh as was his habit for home letters when he had leisure on a lecture tour."
Illustration of two young girls playing in an attic. In the notebooks of George S. Burleigh at the John Hay collection, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
In the Charter Oak, New Series, 1 45 2 Nov 12 1846 there is a notice from the October state temperance meeting that they are “approving of the course of the Fountain, and pledging the Convention, in all suitable ways, to extend its circulation”
