Victorian Sea Moss Specimens Album with Manuscript Poems, Boothbay Harbor and Nantucket 1980s pin steep hill

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Victorian Sea Moss Specimens Album with Manuscript Poems, Boothbay Harbor and Nantucket 1980s pin steep hillI've had a few Victorian sea moss albums and booklets over the years, but this the first with handwritten verses to accompany the mosses on every page. "Was this the fringe of a sea nymph's robe Caught in the door of a coral cave Loosened by waters that span the globe And tossed ashore on a foamy wave?" Very Victorian indeed! The maker of this was clearly devoted to the effort, and in most cases documented the type of sea moss and also where it was