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Kindred Souls
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 29, 2017
Caption: Kindred Souls
Additional Description: The announcement of von Kapff's marriage to Hester H. Dider (1780-1821), daughter of a wealthy Baltimore merchant and burying ground lot owner, published in the Baltimore Federal Gazette on May 30, 1804 included this verse:

Two kindred souls can only meet,
Tis love that makes the bondage sweet
And feeds the mutual flame.


Bernard J. von Kapff, copy after Robert Fields, oil on canvas, ca. 1800. Private collection.
Close-up of image on marker

Submitted: May 30, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p384176
File Size: 1.829 Megabytes

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