Transcribed and submitted
by Vikki Gray

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     My name is Vikki Gray and I ... purchased an old autograph book at an antique store in Denver that belonged to Grace Butler. It was signed by a variety of people, similar to how we used to sign class yearbooks - only in a more poetic fashion.
     Anyway, many of these people who signed it were from Lynn, Massachusetts. I have transcribed it and would like to send it to you if you think it is worth posting. Most of the signatures were made between 1879-1883.

     Vikki

Surname	Given	Comments	Location	Date
Elliott	Barbie/Earlie?	Friend Grace: Remember your friends and schoolmates.	Denver City	10/25/1887
Bacheller	Frannie	Dear Gracie: One bud in Mem’rys wreath, I ask of thee, In future years to call, A thought of me, Your friend and cousin		1/12/1888
Pitkin	Alico/Alice	Dear Grace: When you see, A Frog in a tree, Pull his tail, and Think of me, Your friend” Alice Pitkin,	Rochester NY	12/30/1882
Morlan	Daisy	To Grace, In the golden chain of friendship, Regard me as a link. Your friend	Denver Colo	9/29/1880
Newman	W.M.		Denver, Colo	10/24/1882
Davidson	Alice A?S?		Denver, Colo	1/19/1881
Pomeroy	Grace	When I am dead and gone, And all my bones are rotten, This little book will tell my name, When all the rests forgotten”	Denver, Colo	3/16/1882
Butler	Simpson D.			Undated 1880s
Gallonse	Grace F.		Lynn	4/2/1878
Butler	Ralph W.		Denver, Colo	11/4/1883
Furness	Dwight			6/20/1882
Whittenhall	Norma	Goodwill, love, sloppyness, remember the fire, Wisdom,	Denver, Colo	9/28/1880
Williams	Maggie	Dear Grace: Life is real, life is earnest, And the grave is not its goal, Dust they art to dust returnest(h), Has not spoken of the soul,	Denver Colo	2/7/1881
Grandfather		Procrastination is the thief of time		Undated 1880s
Grandmother		Apply thine heart unto instruction and thine ears to words of knowledge.		Undated 1880s
Cowell	Ada	Your friend		Undated 1880s
Chandler	Lena G.	With the love of your friend,	Lynn	9/6/1878
Smith	Dexter H.		Denver, Colo	3/15/1882
Butler	Dwight	Dear Grace: When you are married and the baby is cross, come over to my house and eat apple-sauce.	Denver Colo	10/26/1883
Wood	E.S./C.S?	Graci: When on this page you chance to look, think of me and close the book.	Denver, Colo	7/6/1882
Vierheilig	Geo. W.		Michigan City, Ind	6/20/1889
Kruse	Hugo		Denver, Colo	Mar 13, 1882
Atwood	Ike	To Grace: Go search to Earth’s remotest bound, Rise to the star bespangled dome, And nowhere in your traveled round, Contentment, peace and love is found, Equal to that you find at home.	Denver Colo	Jan 27, 1885
McCarthy	Josephine	Ego Amo - ??? bon Fille	Boston, MA	Nov 16, 1879
Delnow	M.E.	Yours truly	Lynn, MA	12/12/1879
Delnow	Gracie	Our friendship has budded on earth, may it blossom in heaven	Lynn, MA	12/6/1879
Riley	Mamie	When you are old, and cannot see, put on your specs, and think of me	Lynn, MA	11/17/1879
Mum??		Sister Grace. May you lead a happy life, let me give you a piece of advice, Never marry a man that drinks. Yours truly Mummu??	Lynn, MA	10/3/1879
Copenhover	Frannie	As ever your true friend and schoolmate	Denver, Colo	9/28/1880
Butler	Lucy May	Hitching on wagons, truth, candy, Your sister, Lucy May Butler. May joy and pleasure be your lot, then I will say forget me not.	Denver, Colo	11/12/1882
Wild	Pastor James L.	For every evil under the sun, There is a remedy or there is none, If then for one try to find it, If then for none, never mind it. Your affectionate Pastor and friend	North Church, Lynn, MA	Undated, 1880s
Butler	Ralph W		Lynn, MA	9/25/1878
Hill	Lucy B.	Straight is the line of duty, Curved is the line of Beauty, Follow the first and you shall see, The other ever following thee.		Undated, 1880s
Hopkins	H.L.	Por el Muchacha Bonito, Peloto el Buque Twilight		Undated 1880s
Graves	CS	Her royal highness, the Kousin/Hoosier Duchess (hard to read, may not be correct)	Lynn MA	2/24/2879
Develle	Ada	Your friend	Denver, Colo	3/15/1882
Bacheller	Frannie W	Your cousin	Lynn, MA	12/1/1878
Furness	Mary	Cousin Grace: Your album is a golden spot, In which to write Forget me Not.	Furnessville, Ind.	5/27/1880
Butler	Dwight S.		Denver, Colo	11/12/1882
Aunt Sophia		I pray that the blessedest things on your picture may descend	Michigan City, Ind.	6/20/1880
Law/Love	Jno M.A.	Left Denver for Carbonado W.T.	Box 678, Saginaw City, MI	4/5/1884
Pease	Cora E.	Amici probantur ubus adversis	Lynn, MA	2/14/1879
Brackett	Addie M.	To Gracie: Better to weave in the web of life, At bright and golden filling, And do God’s will with a ready hand, And feet that are swift and willing, Than to snap the delicate slender threads, Of our curious lives asunder, And then blame heaven for the tangled ???, And sit and grieve and wonder, With many good wishes		4/12/1879
Wilder	Florence	Your true friend	Denver Colo
Blaisdell	Fannie E	Love, hope, faith, truth	Lynn, MA	12/9/1879
Condit	Adella	Your friend		9/21/1880
Butler	Lucy	There is room for me in your album, There is room for me in your heart, There is room for us both in heaven, Where two friends never part. Your sister		1879
McCarthy	Josephine H	To the girl with the flaxen hair, may you be as good as you are fair	Boston, MA	11/20/1879
Richardson	Kate R.	With loving remembrance		9/7/1878
Delnow	C.H.	God is everywhere	Lynn, MA	12/18/1879
Delnow	Mrs. CH	I wish you a happy and useful life, your friend	Lynn	12/18/1879
Ratcliffe	Emma V.	I once knew a man who had advance to such a pitch of self esteem, that he never mentioned himself without taking off his hat. Our friend	Denver, Colo
Wright	Frances L		Lynn	9/19/1878
Morrill	Randall C.		New Albany, Ind	7/13/1884
Moulton	Kate R.		Lynn, MA	12/6/1878
Furness	Winnifred	Tender memories around you twine, when you were in the township of Pine	Furnessville, Ind.	6/13/1880
Scott	George		Denver, Colo	3/21/1882
Aunt Eloise		Gentleness, truth, purity, are the qualities of true womanhood	Indiana	June 1880
Jenkins	M. Louisa		Lynn, MA	4/6/1879
Halsey/Walsey	Lizzie	Remember the Miss who scribbled this	Lynn, MA	Undated 1880s
Earle	Louise S		Lynn, MA	2/23/1880
Whitney	Nellie	May joy your steps attend, And may you find me in every form, a friend		Undated 1880s
Brock	Edna E/C?	Truly your friend	Lynn, MA	Undated 1880s
Eppstein	Esther	Your true friend	Denver	3/21/1882
Siliman/Saliman	Eliza H		Lynn, MA	Undated 1880s
Witherell	Susie R.	Your friend	Lynn, MA	Undated 1880s
Hudson	Tillie N.		Denver, CO	3/15/1882
Slogo	E.H.	I never try to write for fame so I will just sign my name	Furnessville, Ind	6/20/1880
Higginson	Nellie	Dear Grace: Not enjoyment and not sorrow, Is our end or way, But to act that each tomorrow, Finds us further than today. Your friend	Denver, CO	10/24/1881
Furness	Edwin L	Life is an alternation of sunshine and cloud.	Furnessville, Porter Co, IN	6/20/1880
Furness	L.M.	Rich are they who have many friends	Furnessville, IN	Undated 1880s
Rothwell	Bessie		New York City, NY, written in Denver	12/29/1882
Bailey	Ella F.		Manchester By the Sea, MA	8/5/1879
Parsons	Lucy E.		Boston, MA	6/12/1879
Vail	Cornelia	Forget Me Not, Remember Me. Some friends may wish you happiness, Some others wish thee wealth, My wish is better far, Contentment best with health, Your friend and Schoolmate	Denver, CO	2/6/1881
Weeks	Edith M.		N. Somerville, MA	8/5/1879
Butler	Lucy	Dear Grace: When I’m old and cannot see, I’ll put on my specks and think of thee, Forget me not, yours sister	Denver, CO	10/27/1888
Saxon	Avon D	Your friend	Lynn, MA	1/11/1880