Confine Your Passions, Riches A Blessing for Correcting the Iniquities of Fortune, Sally Sprague's Timely 1808 Penmanship Exercise woman bell There are a few little

There are a few little white marks on the surface of the body but it is in otherwise excellent vintage condition

My parents had for many years an old wingback chair they bought not long after getting married

It's a cigar box so pretty light in weight but structurally sound and the lid opens and closes smoothly

The incorporation of the edge of wall (or door) in the painting of her

with one cavalry officer

Confine Your Passions, Riches A Blessing for Correcting the Iniquities of Fortune, Sally Sprague's Timely 1808 Penmanship Exercise woman bell There are a few littleThis is an early pen and ink penmanship exercise signed Sally Spague and dated 1808. In addition to the fabulous eagle at top, and the header "Confine Your Passions" employing the "long s", what really sold me was the section about riches. "Riches in the hand of a beneficent man are a blessing to the public [.] such a one is a steward to providence and the whole means of correcting the inequalities of fortune [,] of relieving the miserable and