Prudence Wells's (Shelburne, MA) Lovely Early 19th Century Penmanship Notebook hanging relief carving The fourth appears perhaps to

The fourth appears perhaps to have been a first stab at what became the third (letter C)--with no labels

and sort of a whitewash stain over the wood

Great angled sides which make me think it was once a motel sign c

where it would be interesting to see how one's perception of each changes over time depending on mood and circumstance

Prudence Wells's (Shelburne, MA) Lovely Early 19th Century Penmanship Notebook hanging relief carving The fourth appears perhaps toI made a trip to my favorite antiquarian book seller in Maine this week and scooped up a few old paper things, this early penmanship notebook, the work of a Prudence Wells of Shelburne, Massachusetts among them. (And I believe I've placed her, born in 1799, in Shelburne, Franklin, MA, married to a Thomas Nims in 1825, and living until to the age of 90 in Greenfield, MA.) Based on that, and its content, I believe this notebook dates to the late 1810s