Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book the book of tea Match books are full

Match books are full

wood and labor purchases

where Kerouac was born and raised

hinged box

possibly Inuit but unsigned and I'm not entirely sure

Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book the book of tea Match books are fullI've had a number of British earlyish 19th century penmanship practice notebooks in the shop but this is the first American one, of a Jacob A. Paul I believe, of Ghent, NY, dated 1838. And it is quite different from the British in construction with a simple un dyed pulp paper cover, hand stitched binding, and then pages of various colors inside pink, green, yellow, some quite brilliant in tone. And no fraktur type headers here just page after page