Testimonial on Behalf of Miss Marsha Shearer's Moral Character and Ability to Teach Common School, Harrisburg, PA, 1854 antique cake tin but stable and not delicate

but stable and not delicate

14 3/4" tall x 3 1/8" wide with arms down

and definitely like he or she would like not to be disturbed

and I love how the "men" at the end of the line angle up and down in alternation

who seems to have taken great pleasure and pride in fully exploring the possibilities of the exercise

Testimonial on Behalf of Miss Marsha Shearer's Moral Character and Ability to Teach Common School, Harrisburg, PA, 1854 antique cake tin but stable and not delicateI was happy to find this manuscript letter, written in Harrisburg (then Harrisburgh) PA in 1854 on behalf of a Miss Marsha Shearer, attesting to her (most important) moral character, learning, and ability to instruct, such that she be granted a one year teaching appointment at the town's common school. Lead by Horace Mann, it was in the 1830s that the Common School movement took hold, advocating for (and leading to) the widespread creation of tax