R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! lace ribbon plus one unglazed band on

plus one unglazed band on the lid that is just the right thing

sometimes black

when he could not find a cloth to wipe his slate

It's a (very) homemade box

all the better for the surface wear and aging to the board

R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! lace ribbon plus one unglazed band onI purchased this dated 1831, Hartland, Vermont from a favorite rare book seller in Maine, the source of many manuscript treasures. It is the circular writing at bottom right here that made this impossible for me to walk away from I can't remember if and when I've seen another example along these lines, and just find it fascinating and magical, too, writing in circles, a little world of words. And it seems to me it is there, in this small sphere of