Prudence Wells's (Shelburne, MA) Lovely Early 19th Century Penmanship Notebook miniature beaver the more amazed I am

the more amazed I am

10" x 10 1/2"

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Prudence Wells's (Shelburne, MA) Lovely Early 19th Century Penmanship Notebook miniature beaver the more amazed I amI made a trip to my favorite antiquarian book seller in Maine this week and scooped up a few old paper things, this early penmanship notebook, the work of a Prudence Wells of Shelburne, Massachusetts among them. (And I believe I've placed her, born in 1799, in Shelburne, Franklin, MA, married to a Thomas Nims in 1825, and living until to the age of 90 in Greenfield, MA.) Based on that, and its content, I believe this notebook dates to the late 1810s