Board of Education writing samples
Permanent ID:
14860Call number:
490Dates:
17951798
1798
Image Description:
Image 1) Writing sample is the repeated line "Humility is a virtue." At the bottom of the page is written: "William Harding's Writing 12 mo 9 1795." On the reverse is written: "The writing of the within is only allowed to come to evening school being now an apprentice to a cooper."Image 2) Writing sample is the repeated line "Improve thy Time." At the bottom of the page is written: "Peter Groves his book 1798." Written perpendicular to the sample is: "No. 7 - Peter Groves. _____ 35 Yrs of Age - had written before, but improved considerably last Winter." On the reverse is the writing sample: "no moument is comparable to virtuous actions." At the bottom of the page is written: "Peter Groves his book 1798."
Image 3) Writing sample is the repeated line "Opportunity neglected commonly brings repentanc[e]." At the bottom of the page is written: "Solomon Mounter Burlington mo 1 1798." On the reverse is the writing sample: "Learn to avoid Sin." At the bottom of the page is written: "Solomon Muntir Burlington March mo 2 179[8]." Written perpendicular to the sample is: "No. 6. Soln Mountier - written by a young man who had written before, but now made a Satisfactory improvement."
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ManuscriptsCollection:
Pennsylvania Abolition Society papersRelated People or Organizations:
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery (relates to)Society for the Abolition of Slavery (relates to)