Thomas Stokes Have Lett 10 Old Sheep and Five Lambs, Charming 1777 Handwritten Contract blue and green and some splitting where the

and some splitting where the front cover meets the spine--as documented

remember that the king and your miniature go with me…") He describes his travels from the West to New England to as far north as Niagara Falls

more eroded on one side than the other

The basketry on that one was somewhat more elaborate

several of them with handwritten dates on back

Thomas Stokes Have Lett 10 Old Sheep and Five Lambs, Charming 1777 Handwritten Contract blue and green and some splitting where theThis is one of very favorite finds of the week, and makes me very happy, including for being able to vividly imagine Thomas Stokes' ten old sheep and five lambs, appraised at the rate of 20 shillings "apease" which he "lett" in exchange for one pound of "wooll" for each one, each year, for two years. Dated May 26th, 1777, less than one year after America's Declaration of Independence, when colony issued pounds, shillings and pence were still in