1895 texas manuscript eternal love declaration; Mr Marshall barely literate

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original single page, approx. 8 x 12
1/2
inches, with the last 2 or 3 lines of the manuscript text finished on the verso (see 3rd scan). Dated June 22, 1895.
Last couple of lines shows that this was written FOR "Mr. Marshel" by - perhaps - Hall C. Hide???
Addressed to, perhaps, Sally Ballet of Texas. (see scan #2)
Not exactly a love letter and not exactly a poem - it seems like a formal (if barely literate) "declaration of love." Mr. Marshel (Marshall?) declares, among other things, that he loves Sally "more than all the girls in Texas."
Cute piece of 120 year old Texas cultural and social history; totally original.
Approx. 200 words.
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Old folds; some modest wear & minor splitting at the old folds; good, basically sound & presentable
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