Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryEllen Welch
The collection is open for research use.
MSS 16706, Margaret M. Tillotson album, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.
This collection was purchased from Black Swan Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 1 January 2020.
Margaret M. Tillotson's father was John C. Tillotson (1791-1867) who was the son of Dr. Thomas Tillotson (1750-1832), Congressman and Secretary of State of New York. She died in 1910 in New York.
This collection contains the commonplace book of Margaret Tillotson. A full commonplace book, with many of the items religious in nature, such as psalms of personal importance, the ten commandments, Jewish translations for the months of the year, poems yearning to travel to Rome or other pilgrimage sites, besides the usual miscellaneous collection of poetry. Tillotson's father was John C. Tillotson (1791-1867) who was the son of Dr. Thomas Tillotson (1750-1832), Congressman and Secretary of State of New York. She died in 1910 in New York.