In due time…..when I shall have paid the debt of Nature, my remains will rest here in your midst with those of my kindred and neighbors. It is possible they may be unhonored, neglected, spurned! But, perhaps, years hence …..some wandering stranger, some lone exile may erect over them a humble stone, and thereon, this epitaph, “He was Faithful.”

Fire screen
c. 1840
American Restauration fire screen. Mahogany or walnut pierced frame with cloth screen - one side red and the other floral pattern. Standard is short with round ball, slightly turned and round base set on four ball feet.
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