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This book was originally owned by Solomon Abell Marsh 1812-1857 in Richmond, VA. He was a farmer and owned a tannery on Brook Avenue. His wife was Harriett Ann Goddin and their only child was Eliza Maria Marsh 1848-1918. Solomon Marsh died while his daughter was still a child, so Eliza began using the book as a scrapbook. The inside cover has her inscription:\"Solomon Abell Marsh
Born in Cooperstown N.Y.My father\'s book taken from his desk after his death Mar 24th 1857
E. M. Marsh
Richmond, VA
Died in Richmond Va
March 24th 1857
Left one child
Eliza Maria Marsh\"
On the inside of the back cover she pasted in a 1907 newspaper clipping of the house in which her parents were married and in which she was born. The house was Goddin\'s Tavern, operated by her grandfather, John Otey Goddin. Before that it was Baker\'s Tavern. The building was originally built in the 1700s and had some historical importance for the next 200 years.Also shown in this listing (but not included) is the 1907 newspaper article about the tavern and a photo of the house from \"Old Richmond Neighborhoods\" by Mary Wingfield Scott.The Henrico County Historical Society did a comprehensive article in 2018 on John Goddin and his Tavern. It is available online.Brief history:
One of he longest active taverns in Henrico County.
Built by Martin Baker in the late eighteenth century.
At the time, Brook Ave was a main road into the city.
In 1835 the tavern was sold to Captain John Otey Goddin, who ran it for two decades.
Captain Goddin was a prominent figure in local politics and agriculture and served in the War of 1812.
This tavern is where Captain Lucius Davis reorganized the Henrico Light Dragoons in 1850
During the Civil War it was occupied by a Catholic order and operated as a hospital for wounded soldiers.
After the war it was operated as a saloon by Thomas HanniganThe scrapbook is entirely of newspaper clippings and is in fair condition. The spine is duct-taped but the book holds together.
