Ballou, Levi, Commonplace Book, 1831-1840.
Levi Ballou (1806-1865) was born in Halifax, Vermont. After studying theology with his brother William S. Ballou, Levi became a minister in Orange, Massachusetts in 1843.
These fascicles contain poems and prose extracts, almost all of which appear to have been copied by Levi Ballou from a variety of sources. The majority appear to have come from the albums of friends and acquaintances (almost all of whom were female) with a few coming from books and periodicals such as the Rural Repository.
This is so cool I just started keeping one and this gentleman Rev. Levi Ballou is a ancestor of mine
That’s great! We always love when descendants come upon their ancestors’ papers in our collections.
I have the Rev. Levi Ballou walking stick, rosewood shaft with ivory top and silver collar engraved with his name.