Handkerchief

Manufacturer Boston Chemical Printing Company American

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The text of the poem "Mary Dow" was written by Hannah Flagg Gould. In 1830, the Boston Chemical Printing Company published a "chapbook" style version of the Gould poem that is printed on this handkerchief. Other poems by Gould were also printed on similar handkerchiefs. A version of this poem (lines 1-32 and 45-52) appeared in the 1837 "McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader," the third volume of a popular educational book series for children. Both poems, "The Little Beggar Girl" and "Mary Dow," deal with the social and moral issues surrounding the rich and the poor.

Handkerchief, Boston Chemical Printing Company (American), linen, American

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