Benjamin H Coates, Steal not this book, version 1, circa 1808-1812

Benjamin H Coates, Steal not this book, version 1, circa 1808-1812 Benjamin H. Coates Cenjamin H Boates Cen Boates Coby […] B. H Coates Steal not this book & grieve thy friend; But little is it worth To all but him who was the end For which it had its birth. Most property can be transferred; But this is not like all, For if, by chance, its owner change Its value straight will fall. To me ’tis dear, for it contains Memorials of my friends; To any other, all its worth In bits of paper ends. But if my friends who wrote this book May not the less be thine, ’Twas not for thee that it was done. E’en with it thou’llt refrine. Writer Benjamin H Coates Date written circa 1808-1812 Paper Pen Penmanship Style Collection Historical Society of Pennsylvania Benjamin H Coates, School Book, Enoch Lewis Boarding School at New Garden 1808-1812 AM.8243 File name Benjamin H Coates_Steal not this book.JPG