The legend of the clock / by B.J. Leedom. This clock was brought over from England by the writer's ancestor in 1682, in the ship Welcome, with William Penn. The lines are suggested by the traditions received from his grandmother, who died in her hundredth year, and who beguiled many of his boyhood hours with the tales of the "olden time," of the trials endured by the pioneers in the settlement of "Penn's Woods." Her mother told her that Wm. Penn was a frequent visitor at her father's cabin; although but a child (her mother) at the time, she could distinctly remember Penn's visits; his taking her on his knee and amusing her, whilst the Indians would gather around in groups from the neighboring wigwams. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Creator	Leedom, B. J. (Benjamin Jones), 1807-1883.
Contributor	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title	The legend of the clock / by B.J. Leedom. This clock was brought over from England by the writer's ancestor in 1682, in the ship Welcome, with William Penn. The lines are suggested by the traditions received from his grandmother, who died in her hundredth year, and who beguiled many of his boyhood hours with the tales of the "olden time," of the trials endured by the pioneers in the settlement of "Penn's Woods." Her mother told her that Wm. Penn was a frequent visitor at her father's cabin; although but a child (her mother) at the time, she could distinctly remember Penn's visits; his taking her on his knee and amusing her, whilst the Indians would gather around in groups from the neighboring wigwams.
Title	Old clock stands in the library wall
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n]
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date	[1864]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 36 x 20 cm.
Notes	Verse in eight stanzas; first line: The old clock stands in the library wall,.
	Caption title.
	Library Company copy has MS. note: This ancient clock was exhibited in the department of Relics, curiosities & autographs, & the following lines were composed & printed by its owner & sold beneath the clock for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission. It may be well to mention that it was the time keeper of the department. I.J.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Clocks and watches.
	Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
	Penn, William, 1644-1718.
	United States Sanitary Commission.
Genre	Broadsides.
	Poems -- 1864.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| sm # Am 1864 Leedom 9982.F.16 (McAllister)
Accession number	9982.F.16 (McAllister)