Excerpt of Franklin's Remarks at 1787 Constitutional Convention, Poignant 19th C. Penmanship Exercise salesman sample wire mesh screen Vintage late 70s/1980s

Vintage late 70s/1980s

1930 to me

but is still in very good shape and this box is in really excellent structural shape

and maybe 1930-40s

Excerpt of Franklin's Remarks at 1787 Constitutional Convention, Poignant 19th C. Penmanship Exercise salesman sample wire mesh screen Vintage late 70s/1980sI purchased this one from an antiquarian book and all sorts of interesting things on paper dealer based in the Albany area, at a very good antiques show where I found not a single other thing I felt like committing to. Of course I'm always looking for beautifully executed early penmanship examples, which this very much is (look at details; what a lot of strokes of the pen on each letter! and quite a reminder of why everyone was forced to write with