Rachel B. Walton's 1826 Grammar Book with Inscribed Plate and Two Handmade Rewards of Merit antique brass stencil wheel cutting oats

cutting oats

who gets paraded out and dragged around--with the thought I'd leave the additional two as a surprise

This box is quite large

This is the second set of these Signal Cards I've had

) are a nice complement to the other two

Rachel B. Walton's 1826 Grammar Book with Inscribed Plate and Two Handmade Rewards of Merit antique brass stencil wheel cutting oatsYou 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