On this day (December 17) in the year 1850, the following brief advertisement appeared in the "Boston Daily Evening Transcript": - - - - - - - - - - A DAGUERREOTYPE is nature's true penciling-- Shadow of a form by friendship held dear; Picture of the soul's dwelling-- Token of love for Christmas and New Year. Dec 17 1p CHASE. * * * * * * * * A note from Gary: I received a few responses regarding the Plumbe advertisement posted in the 12-8-96 DagNews. I've added the comments to that particular day's post and have made the file available (along with all previous DagNews messages) on The Daguerreian Society's web site at: http://www.daguerre.org/resource/dagnews/dagnews.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- 12-17-96