Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book small fan The numbering on the inches

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

There are a total of 19 pieces on 10 pages with all of the pages except one having a work on each side

These are very rare and highly collectible

Late 19th century Shaker I am fairly certain

framed 12" x 16"

Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book small fan The numbering on the inchesI'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