A "Make Do" Friendship Album belonging to Miss Nancy J. Rogers

  • Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire , 1831
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Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire, 1831. Eight (8) pages stitched together with string binding; no covers. Includes 11 different entries from friends and family. The first entry from a male friend concludes with "when this you see Remember me". All entries written inverse and with sentiments of friendship and love, including entries from here sisters Mary and Sally. One entry from John M. Kinne who is bidding Nancy farewell "so you and I must part..." Concludes with an acrostic and a note to "My Friend" that concludes "But may I speak a word or two

Concerning what I think of you

If so you're pleasant gentle kind

And you possess a solid mind".

The adage from the first entry When this you see remember me seems to holds true throughout the booklet. Measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/4" Mary J. Rogers (1804-1876) married William Calef (1795-1858).

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