19th Century Rewards of Merit - Group Two (On Card, c. 1840s-70s) tiny architecture a note from Pete to

a note from Pete to "Jessie Mi Armana

working condition

with names and monograms carved/penciled into top and bottom

it is intended as a letter opener

19th Century Rewards of Merit - Group Two (On Card, c. 1840s-70s) tiny architecture a note from Pete toThe existence of rewards of merit makes me glad, given from teachers to students to affirm their good efforts, as does the fact that people saved them. Last weekend I found a large collection of them in a box in Midcoast Maine quite a nice variety of them, which I've divided into three groups, all listed today. The ones in this group are all printed on card, are relatively early examples (c. 1840s 70s or so), and many of them are hand colored. To my