Rachel B. Walton's 1826 Grammar Book with Inscribed Plate and Two Handmade Rewards of Merit antique brass stencil wheel This box is quite large

This box is quite large

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Rachel B. Walton's 1826 Grammar Book with Inscribed Plate and Two Handmade Rewards of Merit antique brass stencil wheel This box is quite largeYou likely know I have a total weakness for early school books with the names of their one time owner beautifully inscribed inside, as is very much the case with this 1826 copy of Murray's English Grammar Simplified, published by Glazier & Co. in Hallowell, Maine, not very far from where I found it. The book itself is a rare one, but what a delight to find it not just Rachel B. Walton's name written inside, but also two rewards of merit from her