Fairmount Park daily expenditures ledger. 1870-1872; Includes letter from the donor., 1870-1872; 2018 June 1

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Transcription of Donor's Letter

June 1, 2018

Dear Mr. [Rob] Armstrong,

This is the ledger that we discussed a week or so ago of the daily expenditures for Fairmont [sic] Park for the years 1870-72. We acquired it, along with a group of doctor's ledgers from a "picker" in eastern North Carolina. He said that he got them from soemone in Norfolk.

We kept them all when we closed our antique shop on the Outer Banks in 1991. Recently we discovered the Fairmont [sic] Park one among them. We hope that it will be a worthwhile addition to your park archives.

I enjoyed a visit or two to the park in the early 1950's, with music by the Philadelphia Paps, when I was attending a school at the Navy Yard. The park is a beautiful addition to a historic city.

Sincerely, Paul Evans

Please acknowledge receipt [address redacted]

Dates

1870-1872; 2018 June 1

Extent

From the Collection: 10.0 Linear feet (Individual volumes on shelves)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Description

Loose front cover and flyleaf. Horizontal cracks along the spine with bottom of the spine broken off with slight disintigration. First third of the book's pages are well-worn along edges from general use. Second and third thirds of the book are unwritten on and slightly worn but in otherwise good condition. Edges of back cover are well-worn.