Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

A2000.001.017.048

[inscription reads] " we found penny royal in great quantities. Find our way to mine, thence to road. Here are sumac with big bunches of red berries. One tree was glorified by some scarlet leaves – an early frost. / Cross fence to hard slanting pasture skirting edge of Swamp tract north of Covered Bridge. Among distant swamp brush was a wild rose in full bloom. Blue Vervain common here & monkey flower & chamomile (sic) or better called May-Weed. / Many killdeers fly up, their silvery bodies things of beauty. Come to creek along "