Album of original poetry and copied correspondence, 1841 - 1843

This journal begins with a letter to R Myers, mostly in poetical form, dated January 1 1843. Many of the copy letters are directed or dedicated to the Myers sisters, Rebecca Hays Myers (1803-1877) and her sister Rachel Myers (1808-1862), both of Richmond, Virginia. The sisters were daughters of Boston born Jewish-American merchant, Samuel Myers (1755-1836). A poem written to daughter Emily expresses her desire that she consider the journal as a memorial to her mother. Much of the material is anti-slavery in content, including a poem for the Anti-Slavery Fair with the final page in prose: "On the 1st of August 1842 a mob principally of Irish violently assaulted a Temperance procession of Colored People beat and abused them and committed outrageous acts of violence upon them." Poems written for family and friends.