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Antique 1845 MANUSCRIPT REMEMBRANCE POEM Handwritten Victorian ORNATE STATIONERY
Antique 1845 MANUSCRIPT REMEMBRANCE POEM Handwritten Victorian ORNATE STATIONERY

Antique 1845 MANUSCRIPT REMEMBRANCE POEM Handwritten Victorian ORNATE STATIONERY

$ 18.45

Availability: 79 in stock
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Date of Publication: 1845
  • Author: Elizabeth Rufsell
  • Language: English
  • Material: Paper
  • Subject: Remembrance
  • Condition: Good, please see scans and description
  • Type: Handwritten Manuscript

    Description

    Up for sale is this lovely antique 1845 manuscript friendship/remembrance poem written on a beautiful & ornate piece of stationary.  The paper measures approximately 7 1/2 inches by 5 inches.  A small penciled dealer note on the back of the paper says the piece was originally part of a scrapbook.  There are some remnants of paper to the corners on the backside of the paper.
    Here is my translation of the poem:
    January 1
    Forget me not when this
    you see twill be the first
    of forty five forget I am
    so be it must before
    forty [....?....] I may be to dust
    A friend I am but power
    short yet true affection
    in my heart
    Elizabeth Rufsell
    1845
    Please look at the scans to further note the condition and message me with any questions you might have. Thanks!
    Items being shipped to Connecticut will be charged CT sales tax on the total cost of item & shipping.