{"product_id":"miss-fanny-williams-stonington-ct-1834-school-register-with-beautiful-tally-marks-and-poetic-insertions","title":"Miss Fanny Williams's (Stonington, CT) 1834 School Register With Beautiful Tally Marks and Poetic Insertions","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust a handful of pages here, but I find this quite special. I first grabbed it for the two page spread shown in the first photo--the most beautiful and precise set of tally marks I think I've ever seen, tracking the attendance of a group of young male students in the class of Miss Fanny Williams at the District 13 school in Stonington, CT, 1834. But then, digging in, I discovered a few other moments here that bring Miss Fanny very much to life: interspersed among her attendance related notes are a few seemingly independent phrases, reading like secret thoughts to herself, which is what I take them for: \"is there no hand to cheer the heart[?]\" and \"life is uncertain.\" Makes me want to rescue Fanny from the schoolhouse! Also, a two page spread describing spices: nutmeg, cloves, ginger, etc. And what appears to be the draft of a letter to a Mrs. Brown relative to the \"use\" (or rather lack thereof) of someone named Thomas, which this Mrs. Brown seems to have taken issue with Miss Williams over. A bit mysterious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 7 7\/8\" x 6 1\/4\". 8pp (one partial), plus blue paper covers, all shown. Good condition with tear to the corner of one page as shown. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244777910526,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_4811.png?v=1779320795","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/miss-fanny-williams-stonington-ct-1834-school-register-with-beautiful-tally-marks-and-poetic-insertions","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}