Scribbles and rudimentary writing.
From p. 14-15 of The American Spelling Book: Containing the Rudiments of the English Language by Noah Webster (1816). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized February 9, 2007.
July 18, 2012
July 17, 2012
Escapism doodle.
From p. 63 of Stories and Legends: A First Greek Reader With Notes, Vocabulary, and Exercises, by Francis Henry Colson (1908). Original from Harvard University. Digitized April 28, 2007.
April 2, 2012
Reader’s comment at the end of the text.
From p. 307 of A Colonial Witch: Being a Study of the Black Art in the Colony of Connecticut by Frank Samuel Child (1897). Original from Harvard University. Digitized November 9, 2007.
February 11, 2012
A school book (Princeton? College of New Jersey?): handwritten lists of the names of students and passages marked for study or omission.
From various pages of Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles by James Ferguson and Jeremiah Horrocks (1799).
