Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book small fan Some aging/rusting to the surface

Some aging/rusting to the surface of the tin

framed 12" x 16"

The numbering on the inches is pretty faint at this point but can still be read

I usually leave old stuffed animals to the experts as I know next to nothing about them

which I am only noticing in detail photos

Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book small fan Some aging/rusting to the surfaceI'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