Penmanship specimens, 1786-1787

This folder contains two penmanship specimens dated 1786 and 1787.

Attempts in penmanship, 1826-1827

This folder contains two drafts of a document describing Croswell's experiments with penmanship.

Un receuil: containing painting, penmanship, algebra and pieces selected from various authors in prose and verse, with a few pieces in French with their translation / by Phebe Folger of Nantucket : manuscript, 1797-1806

Written mostly in a copperplate hand in black ink, and illustrated with watercolor drawings.

Notebook of John Allen, 1772

Paper-covered notebook containing handwritten poems and verse by Harvard graduate John Allen. Some of the poems refer to Allen’s illnesses in October 1772. The notebook also contains a short list titled “The Gentleman that I wrote diplomas for," with a list of sixteen individuals who received degrees from Harvard. The inside cover includes the inscription: “John Allen – November 4, 1772. Poetic Composition.” “Dr. T. C. Gilman” is stamped on cover.

John Gordon notebook, 1793-1795

A notebook containing handwriting exercises written by John Gordon at Atkinson Academy, New Hamsphire.