Dearly Beloved

Object/Artifact

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Dearly Beloved

Entry/Object ID

1995.001.2579

Description

This is a deep navy buckram bound copy of a photocopy of the original book. It is 8 7/8"h x 11 1/4"w. Mr. Sylvester came to the county and stayed from October 1938 to March of 1939, gathering background for his book. After the book of 262 pages was published in 1942, countians felt he described some characters too accurately and there was bad feeling about the experience. This copy includes an 8" x 10" photo of the author, two copies of a key showing the real person on whom a particular character is likely modeled, and a time line of events during Mr. Sylvester's stay in the county. There is another copy of the key in a pocket on Cover p. 3.

Collection

Charles E. Fenwick Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1942

Dimensions

Height

13-13/16 in

Width

26-3/4 in

Location

Shelf

Rack 08, Shelf 3

Rack

Rack 08

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Fenwick, Charles Edward (1910-1993)

Person or Organization

Sylvester, Harry