Horatio Crane Penmanship Notebook, 1816, Boston MA mid-century keramik but he’s smiling widely still

but he’s smiling widely still

most typically used for viewing photographs

which I especially love for the hand stitching (first brown then black) holding it together from the backside--which I'd treat as the front

with tiny nails showing on the sides

others are more cerebral

Horatio Crane Penmanship Notebook, 1816, Boston MA mid-century keramik but he’s smiling widely stillOne more notebook, this the second I am listing by Horatio Crane (October 26, 1803 February 20, 1894) the son Abijah Crane Jr. (August 24, 1777 Mar. 1, 1854), the author of two other notebooks I just listed, who was himself to the son of Abijah Crane (1741 1817), who served a revolutionary soldier of MA and was a member of the Boston Tea Party. Kind of amazing that these have endured, and I really love how the phrases reveal about the times in this