18th Century Hand-stitched Partial Child's Catechism with Woodcut Illustrations grinding wheel and the pewter top screws

and the pewter top screws on nice and snug

-- from admirers when she did so

Each @ 9 3/8” tall x 12 7/8” w (measured on the square) x 3 1/8” d

It's a (very) homemade box

18th Century Hand-stitched Partial Child's Catechism with Woodcut Illustrations grinding wheel and the pewter top screwsI did some deep digging through some troughs of paper this week in southern Maine, happily rewarded for my efforts by turning up a 1840 letter with beautiful cross writing, listed today, as well as this early child's catechism with woodcut engravings, which I believe is 18th century and of New England. It is partial (surely there was a whole alphabet of lessons proclamations before getting to the XYZ that begins the first page here, and the last page