Storeroom Stories: Back to School!

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Various children’s written educational materials from The Charleston Museum’s archives:

Writing Book, c. 1880s
Writing book used by Harriet Lowndes Rhett (1872-1935) to practice her penmanship.

Plantation Ledger and Receipt Book, 1804-1852
A ledger and receipt book kept by George Lynes for Harry Hill Plantation, refurbished by his son, Richard Lynes, to practice his alphabet, as well as an exhortation in repetitive line writing to aid him in becoming a “good boy” that “obeys his parents”.

Cyphering Book, 1796
Math notebook kept by Paul Van Derbeek at the Wagara Academy in New Jersey prior to printed textbooks.