Charles Goodrich's Stellar 1862 Penmanship Practice Notebook green brown from where they were touching

from where they were touching during firing

an agreement with the U

as opposed to the smaller ones one more commonly sees and which were carried around in a pocket

and while the rose colored fabric pages of this one are not entirely filled

Charles Goodrich's Stellar 1862 Penmanship Practice Notebook green brown from where they were touchingI've bought and sold a lot of penmanship notebooks, but I don't think I've ever found one written (by a Charles Goodrich in 1862) in such a strong and confident hand as this one. I love these not just for the beauty of the penmanship itself, but for the poetry and potency of the words transcribed, and the extra weight imparted to them through repetition. Among my favorites here: transmutation, omnipresence, immeasurable, uncommunicated, and