Deborah Dunning's 1840-1844 Book of Hand-written Poetry, etc. girl ice fishing scattered water stains on the

scattered water stains on the surface

A little paint loss on the handles and one of the sides of the handle stands just a little shy of straight up and down

I just love the look of this old sap bucket

and the third one some red wax down one side as noted

The shape of the whole is really pretty great

Deborah Dunning's 1840-1844 Book of Hand-written Poetry, etc. girl ice fishing scattered water stains on theI can't not rescue things like this, to ensure they are shepherded into the future one way or another. I believe the owner was a Deborah Dunning, who was responsible for writing many of the poems in it, with contributions as well from other Dunnings and friends. Much of the content relates to friendship, and also farewells of various sorts, with plenty about God, and nature, and marriage, and death, too. One page features the names of Deborah Dunning