R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! antique notebook page 12” x10” and in good

12” x10” and in good condition

Though carved of wood

I've had one other old drippy bucket like this

eying those fish and looking about ready to pounce

some broken in pieces but a majority of unused sticks

R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! antique notebook page 12” x10” and in goodI 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