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These messages came from an autograph book belonging to Alice
Rebecca Williamson. She apparently started collecting writings
from her friends in 1890 before she was married. The last one
was written by her daughter, Mary, and included one from her
youngest child, Ruth. Some words could not be deciphered and
so were not included..... Mary Murphy, 2009 |
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My album is a garden spot
Where all my friends may sow
Where thorns and thistles flourish not
But flowers alone may grow
With smiles for sunshine, tears for showers
I'll water, watch and guard my flowers
Bedias, Texas
Nov. 1890
Alice Williamson |
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Miss Alice
Dear MotherRoses may wither
Flowers may die
Friends may forget you
But never will I
Your daughter
Mary |
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Dear Momma
Here I stand on two little chipps
Come and kiss my sweet little lips
Your baby
Ruth
Words from your baby
(Written by Mary McAdams, Alice's daughter and Ruth's sister) |
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Miss Alice Williamson
Dear Friend
"Give thy thoughts no tongue
Nor any unproportioned thought his act
Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar
These friends thou hast and their adoption tried
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel"
Your esteemed friend
D. J. McDonald
Bedias, Texas June 24, 1891
Note: This is a direct quote from Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3 |
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To Miss Alice
Be always kind hearted
Do good deeds without end
But never forget
Your affectionate friend
Dec the 11 1890 Rebecca Shanks |
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Miss Alice Williamson
Dear friend
When the days are dark
and friends are few
Remember me and I will you
Sincerely,
Isa Griffith
Apr 1891 |
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Miss Alice Williamson
We write our names in albums
We trace them in the sand
We may chisel them in marble
With a firm and skilled hand
But the pages soon are.....
Soon each name will fade away
Every.....
Like all earthy hopes decay
But dear friend, there is an album
Full of leaves of snowy white
Where no name is ever tarnished
But forever pure and white
In that book of life God's Album
May your name be penned
And may all who.....
Have there names forever there
Your friend
Nov 26, 1890 Ida McD |
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Dear Alice
If you will prove constant I will
prove true and spend all my days
in friendship with you
Lena Midkiff |
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Miss Alice
If ever a husban you should have
and he this book should see tell
him of your youthful days and kiss
him once for me
Your
kind friend
J. E. Mulkey
Nov 30 1890 |
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To Miss Alice
When the distant sun is setting
and your mind from care is free
When of Distant Friendships you are thinking
Will you sometimes think of me.
No name or date |
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Flossie Midkiff |
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Beadies January 4th 1891
As I never try to write for fame
so I will only write my name
H. A. McAdams
Note: Hiram A. McAdams and Alice Williamson were married Jan 28,
1892 |
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If scribbling in albums remembrance ensures
with the greatest of pleasure I'll scribble
in yours
I never try to write for fame
so I shall only sign my name
Yours very truly
Julia Shanks |
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Dearest friend
Forget me not when death shal close
These eyelids in their last repose
And when the murmuring breezes wave
The grass upon my grave
Oh then whatere thy age or lot
May be dear friend forget me not
Your True Friend
Sehoy Wilson
Bedias Tex Feb 22 1891 |
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Miss Alice
Remembrance is a golden chain
That binds our hearts together
But if we never meet again
We will not forget each other
Your friend
Celia Heath
Feb 22, 3.30 PM |
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Miss Alice Williamson
When you open this Book
May you open your heart
and think me thou
We are apart
Your friend
Sallie Corner
April the 12 1891 |
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Red Hill April the
5-99
When your days on earth are ended
And your path through life have been trod
May your name on bold be written
In the autograph of God.
Louvenia
Red Hill Girl |
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