CRANE STEPHEN Inscription dated and Signed Philo Your Frien

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14-YEAR OLD CRANE INSCRIBES SCHOOLMATE'S ALBUM CRANE, STEPHEN. Inscription dated and Signed, "Philo / Your Friend / S.C. Crane / Asbury Park / N.J. / Pen. Sem. June 21, 1886," written on a leaf presumably excised from an autograph album. 1 page, oblong 16mo; matted with a portrait in a double-sided frame. [Pennington], 21 June 1886

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possibly earliest example of crane's signature.
The "Philo" in the inscription likely refers to the Philomathean Fraternity, a literary society of which Crane was probably a member. On the verso, a schoolmate begins her inscription with "Callilogian," which likely refers to the Callilogian Society, a literary sorority.
Crane was the only child among his siblings to lack a middle name; on at least one occasion other than the present one, he has used an invented middle name.