Testimonial on Behalf of Miss Marsha Shearer's Moral Character and Ability to Teach Common School, Harrisburg, PA, 1854 \snake this is a prime example--a

this is a prime example--a bit of a mystery

looking as if aimed at a cat holding a shield with little bird flying overhead (methinks this boy had a nasty family cat

which would be good hung straight down to sway a bit in the breeze or with a little push

Stone pedestal about 4 x 2 x 2

Testimonial on Behalf of Miss Marsha Shearer's Moral Character and Ability to Teach Common School, Harrisburg, PA, 1854 \snake this is a prime example--aI was happy to find this manuscript letter, written in Harrisburg (then Harrisburgh) PA in 1854 on behalf of a Miss Marsha Shearer, attesting to her (most important) moral character, learning, and ability to instruct, such that she be granted a one year teaching appointment at the town's common school. Lead by Horace Mann, it was in the 1830s that the Common School movement took hold, advocating for (and leading to) the widespread creation of tax