Handkerchief 1830-35 Boston Chemical Printing Company American The text of the poem "Mary Dow" was written by Hannah Flagg Gould. In 1830, the Boston Chemical Printing Company published a "chapbook" style version of the Gould poem that is printed on this handkerchief. Other poems by Gould were also printed on similar handkerchiefs. A version of this poem (lines 1-32 and 45-52) appeared in the 1837 "McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader," the third volume of a popular educational book series for children. Both poems, "The Little Beggar Girl" and "Mary Dow," deal with the social and moral issues surrounding the rich and the poor.. Handkerchief 157637