Lewis Betts' 1853 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Great Sentences, Milton MA beveridge pottery vase or as a cheerful display

or as a cheerful display anywhere--or use them for a party game

with wear to the cover and spine and a lot of smudging to the first inside drawing

KS in 2008

with a fascinating history of service as carrier pigeons

referring to the shape (493) and heigh of the vase (10 cm)

Lewis Betts' 1853 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Great Sentences, Milton MA beveridge pottery vase or as a cheerful displayI'm drawn to different penmanship notebooks for different reasons often for beautiful handwriting, obviously, but also for the specific words and sentences repeated, which both speak to the specific values being imparted to students when they were written, and resonate in all sorts of ways now. This one, completed by a Lewis Betts of Milton, MA in 1853, predates the teaching of Spencerian calligraphy by a few years, so the handwriting is small and not