Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book the book of tea the Statue of Liberty

the Statue of Liberty

hinged box

used as early as 2000 B

but also great just kept on the counter filled with with little treats

possibly Inuit but unsigned and I'm not entirely sure

Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book the book of tea the Statue of LibertyI've had a number of British earlyish 19th century penmanship practice notebooks in the shop but this is the first American one, of a Jacob A. Paul I believe, of Ghent, NY, dated 1838. And it is quite different from the British in construction with a simple un dyed pulp paper cover, hand stitched binding, and then pages of various colors inside pink, green, yellow, some quite brilliant in tone. And no fraktur type headers here just page after page