Friend Mattie
Friendship is a secret trust,
Should ever brighten never rust
Your Friend
Laura C. Putnum
Chelsea
Tama Co
Iowa
January 7, 1885

"From the autograph album of Martha M. "Mattie" Roach of Chelsea, daughter of Fred and Eliza J. (Hutchins) Roach. She married Samuel T. May in Toledo, Tama County, in 1891."

Submitted by: Bob Hutchins tecxas@earthlink.net