R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! lace ribbon when he could not find

when he could not find a cloth to wipe his slate

with the hat regularly making its way around the room

Such an excellent array of names on these oversized pinback buttons

Perhaps Vanderbilt

with this wonderfully expressive

R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! lace ribbon when he could not findI 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