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Baylor family papers, 1714-1938
Description
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<p>Papers, primarily 1770-1848, accumulated by members of the Baylor family of New Market, Caroline County, Va., especially Frances Walker Baylor (d. 1783), her son, John Baylor, Jr. (1750- 1808), who studied in England ca. 1770-1772, her grandson, Dr. George D. Baylor (1789-1848), and her great grandson, Dr. Warner Lewis Baylor (1825-1894). The loose papers are mainly family letters, legal records, genealogical information, and poems. Manuscript books include a nineteenth-century cookbook, Dr. George D. Baylor's ledger of medical accounts, 1842-1847, and genealogical information on the Lewis and related families. Three printed books have been transferred to the library. The collection is complemented by various photostats, including Col. John Baylor's letterbook, 1749- 1765, with letters to John Backhouse, Samuel Waterman, John Norton, Edward Athawes, Cary and Company, and others. Names in the collection include: James Clay, Robert Farrish, John Fox, George Hoomes, John L. Pendleton, Robert Powell, Edmund Taylor, and F. Waring.</p>
<p>60 items.</p>
Creator
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Baylor family
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<p>[Recto]</p>
<p>The Two Red birds<br />or St. Valentines day -</p>
<p>Once on a high topped maple tree<br />A beauteous bird there plumed his wing!<br />And this sweet roundalay did sing<br />O! come my fair O come to me<br />Upon the red tipped maple tree</p>
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<p>With crest erect in twittering glee<br />Clad in a noble scarlet dress<br /><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">With</span> In beseeching tones, I heard him press<br />his Love (thus) "dearest come to me<br />upon the red topped maple tree.</p</p>
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<p>Here in the budding maple tree<br />Our nest beneath its leafy spray<br />Will be secure from sultry day<br />he come, O come my fair to me<br />Up to the pretty maple tree</p>
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<p>My willing heart I give to thee ;<br />In sickness and in health;<br />[illegible] more than all of other's wealth.<br />Then come, my fair O! come to me.<br />And visit this dear maple tree</p>
<p>-6-</p>
<p>As he sang upon the maple tree<br />the fragrant breeze did sweetly blow<br />and waved him gently to and fro<br />While the echoing hills said !!Come to me!!<br />[torn, illegible] love up to the maple tree.</p>
<p>-7-</p>
<p>He chirped so strong, so loud and free<br />And offered all! he had to give<br />And begged so hard that she would live<br />With him upon the maple tree.<br />O! come up to the maple tree.</p>
<p>-8-</p>
<p>That a whipering voice replied "if he"<br />Would promise to be kind and true<br />that time would show what She might do<br />And as he again said "Come to me<br />She sprang aloft to the Maple tree</p>
<p>The two Red Birds<br />or St. Valentine's day 1848<br />Lo---- GD:B:</p>
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Ink on paper
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Title
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The Two Red Birds or St. Valentine’s Day
Date
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1848-02-14
Identifier
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MS1959.1.32
Subject
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American poetry
Birds--Poetry
Love poetry, American
Maple--Poetry
Poetry, Modern--19th century
Creator
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Baylor, George D.
Description
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<p>Love poem written by George D. Baylor. The poem describes the wooing of a female bird by a male who wants her to join him in his nest within a maple tree.</p>