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

but still holding on (I think perhaps with the assist of a little glue added between it and the glass at some point) and the bottom half

The piece measures 6" tall x 12" long x 3/8" deep

but definitely has smeared some

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