1811-1829 Joshua P. Hammend, Montreal, Ledger Book Christo Henry Abrams I found these fabulous homemade

I found these fabulous homemade hummingbird lures at an antique shop in Maine

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who looks to me rather as if he is wearing aviator-style goggles

I'm always on the lookout for object that might inspire creativity

1811-1829 Joshua P. Hammend, Montreal, Ledger Book Christo Henry Abrams I found these fabulous homemadeI was sold on this old ledger before I even opened it; just a beautiful object in and of itself, with the well worn mark of James Brown, "Bookseller and Stationer, Facing the Seminary, Montreal" at the center of the front cover, and a sweet cloth mend on the binding. Then on the inside of the front cover is written the name of its owner, Joshua P. Hammond, 1811, with a few different notes as to his location at various years, including that he "left