SOLD Divide Your Portion Among the Poor, Nancy Crouses's 1830-31 Short but Great Penmanship Notebook geometric solid a few have lost some

a few have lost some paint on one side and one shows a repaired split across the middle

forever waiting for pens to wipe clean

or to pin proudly to your coveralls before heading out to the garden

with the hand-painted pipe rendered in relief

Frame: 10 1/4" x 7 1/4"

SOLD Divide Your Portion Among the Poor, Nancy Crouses's 1830-31 Short but Great Penmanship Notebook geometric solid a few have lost someOne of two penmanship notebooks today from members of the Crouse family of Oppenheim, Montgomery County, NY, this one the work of young Nancy (b. 1817), sister of Peter, whose notebook is listed separately. This one is shorter, completed one year earlier, and contains some gems; I would have bought it for the first page shown here alone. "Honour Your Parents," "Evil communication corrupts good manners," and "Man is made to mourn," too. I've become