Whitcraft Scrapbook: Page Two

    On this second page of the scrapbook is a poem written by Wisconsin poet Henry Reed Conant (?-1923) titled, Faces that are Gone. As the date reflects, this page was probably created in 1892.

    Another clipping shows the poem Our Two Opinions, written by Eugene Field. Field was established in his own rights working for the Chicago Daily News in 1892. His father, Roswell Martin Field (1807-1869) was also well-known. The elder field represented Dred Scott (dates unknown) the slave who sued for his freedom in 1857. (Dred Scott vs. Sandford or the Dred Scott Case). 

As of yet, I have not researched the other poems--maybe someday. Enjoy, Pat

Whitcraft, Scrapbook page 2w

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