Sarah Sharp school exercise book, 1834 - 1834.

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Sarah Sharp school exercise book, 1834 - 1834.

This collection comprises a school exercise book (titled "Day Book"), dated September 22, 1834, and authored by Sarah Sharp of West Chester, Pennsylvania. The entries in the exercise book are purportedly based on names, addresses, and transactions used in a general store day book. The book has illustrated paper covers and 34 pages of handwritten material. This collection comprises a school exercise book (titled "Day Book"), dated September 22, 1834, and authored by Sarah Sharp of West Chester, Pennsylvania. The entries in the exercise book are purportedly based on names, addresses, and transactions used in a general store day book. The book has illustrated paper covers and 34 pages of handwritten material. The front cover has a vignette of a young woman in a woodland glade holding a lyre, below this is Congreve's "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast..." all within a border of gothic ornaments. The back cover shows two horsemen within a decorative ruled border galloping beside a stream with the front figure firing a flintlock pistol.

0.1 linear feet, (1 box)

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Sharp, Sarah.

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Sarah Sharp was a young woman attending school in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1834. From the description of Sarah Sharp school exercise book, 1834 - 1834. (University of California, Irvine). WorldCat record id: 781298679 ...

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