Rachel B. Walton's 1826 Grammar Book with Inscribed Plate and Two Handmade Rewards of Merit antique brass stencil wheel a tropical one it looks

a tropical one it looks to me

it feels dramatic

or anyone who likes to get to the bottom of things

cutting oats

Rachel B. Walton's 1826 Grammar Book with Inscribed Plate and Two Handmade Rewards of Merit antique brass stencil wheel a tropical one it looksYou likely know I have a total weakness for early school books with the names of their one time owner beautifully inscribed inside, as is very much the case with this 1826 copy of Murray's English Grammar Simplified, published by Glazier & Co. in Hallowell, Maine, not very far from where I found it. The book itself is a rare one, but what a delight to find it not just Rachel B. Walton's name written inside, but also two rewards of merit from her