One Load STONE, c. 1803 s Letterpress Permit (Signed) for New Albany-Schenectady Turnpike stone objects in significant part due just

in significant part due just to the looks of it

I haven't been able to determine the date of the book

I have an artist-dealer friend in Maine who has been the source of a series of very wonderful and unusual stereoviews--the dragonflies and Great Storm of 1870 hail stones last week

but an iconic one

The lid attaches via wire loops that fit over wire hooks on the back

One Load STONE, c. 1803 s Letterpress Permit (Signed) for New Albany-Schenectady Turnpike stone objects in significant part due justI paid a good bit for this small bit of paper, but I thought think it's a perfect thing, and will be happy to keep it for myself. Early 1800s for sure, and I believe it is in fact 1803 along with the last name of its original owner, Mound, hand written on the reverse. This would have functioned as a pass permit for carrying "One Load of Stone" across the newly built Albany & Schenectady Turnpike, to be presented at a tollbooth I believe; a bit like an