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191437555Sacramento: State Printing Office 1914. 1st printing thus. Not found in Rocq. Printed grey paper wrappers with multi-colored illustration to front wrapper stapled. Offset to front wrapper soiling to rear average wear. A VG copy. 2 64 2 blank pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic images as well as floor plans of divers school architecture found in the state. 9" x 6" <br/><br/>"The plan of this second booklet is to show in a graphic way some excellent examples of the different types of school buildings that are being constructed to-day in California ." State Printing Office unknown books
17041Women Education Handwritten Memory album from young woman in New England with handwritten poems and inscriptions 1847-1849. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. 12 handwritten entries dating from 1847-1849 most from Norwich CT. Original brown leather boards. Front and back covers gilt detail in floral motif with gilt edges. 8 illustrated plates. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. Young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends tended to be the ones to create friendship albums. "Around my path may lovely flowers Spontaneous show their bursting bloom On secaph pinecones pass thy hours Without one cloud thy soul to gloom." With entries female friends and male admirers alike. One entry from Oliver Sherman is annotated "A fine young man". Lacks spine yet boards still solid and holding. In very good condition. unknown books
1670519 century Women Education Album with handwritten poems and inscriptions from many contributors around 1827 New York. 90 pages. 8 x 5 in. Original boards. 12 poems and writings to a young woman named Eliza. Several are dated 1827 New York. Poetry of friendship addressed to the owner: "Eliza thou hast vex'd me quite; for oh! that pen and ink! How couldst thou ask me for to write Til not my meat and drink-May be that I am half posess'd! But saying as I think The art of writing I detest-Confound the pen and ink!- I must not write I hate to write I cannot-will not-what! O! Yes sweet Miss For one sweet Kiss I'll write without one blot." Friendship albums were popular at this time amongst young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends. Also includes poetry "On Happiness and Contentment" "On the Beauties of Nature" "On the Mind" "On Man." The first entry is a handwritten essay "On Woman" that details the many benefits of women's influence on men. "Of all the manifold blessings bestowed upon man by his omniscient Creator tending to alleviate the miseries destined for him to undergo during his probationary existence here and the better to prepare him for eternal happiness hereafter none can be more highly estimable than those derived from the society of woman. By her genial influence the heart of man naturally prone to yield to the dictates of error is almost imperceptibly led into the paths of refinement where real pleasures only can exist and participates with her in the purer and more delightful affections fo the soul." Some light toning and foxing. Front hinge loose. Very good condition. unknown books
1670719th cent Women education Album with 38 handwritten entries from friends and admirers of a young lady in 1827 Pennsylvania. 8 x 6.5 in. Original boards. Gilt detail to spine and covers. "Louisa M. Partridge" on gilt black leather label on front cover. Green marble end papers. 140 pages. 4 drawings and 1 vivid small watercolor of a rose and open book. Entries marked as being recorded in Middletown Norwich Mt. Lebanon and Woodstock. Clipping pasted to inside front cover: "Definition of a lady's album. - An instrument of torture invented by some cruel fair one to rack the brains of her male acquaintance."<br/><br/>Friendship albums became popular in America in the 1820s as the blossoming culture of sentimentalism made its mark on personal relationships especially those of young women finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends. "O bless the hours when first I met That winning smile of thine! It soothed the lingering long regret of auld lang syne." "To Louisa Let them tell of the joys that e'er can be found In the gay round of pleasure where riches abound Let them picture with Janey's best art the delight Found in tipping nowhere and now there the bright Flowers of beauty as through life we move But give me the smile from the friend that I love.". unknown books
197526562Long Island New York: Not Published 1975. Ann Ullman Hirsch 1929 - 2017 had formal musical training and education at Juilliard and NYU; she was a passionate musician music educator and administrator. In a career spanning more than 60 years she was well known on Long Island for her extensive musical contributions including founding the Eastern Suffolk School of Music in Riverhead in 1977 and serving as its executive director for 10 years. Pianist and violinist she was a valued member of the L.I. Sound Symphony and was a private piano instructor to children and adults. Named East End Woman of Year in Education East End Magazine Suffolk County NY 1979 and honored by Peconic Bay Zonta at a Celebration of Women in 2013. from her obituary in 27 East and several online sources Collection includes: 1975 A 68-page typed manuscript with 2 annotated working draft copies of "A Basic Guide for the Teaching of Piano" by Ann U. Hirsch. These include tipped-on photographs of students' correct form along with the teaching exercises in the text & with extra image-sheets and 35mm photographic negatives laid-in. One of the drafts has extensive marginal notation. All are accomplished one-side either on quality typing bond paper of the time or copies. The original set is a group of loose sheets; working drafts are in 3-ring binders. Ms. Hirsch' introduction explains her purpose since according to her research - "There are also many fine books both long and short written by great pianists that suggest technical and artistic approaches for the advanced and professional performers but my purpose is hopefully to have written something for those who work primarily with beginners. I have tried to make it personal and informal while at the same time offer specific advice in the areas I consider most crucial. My hope is that if this book were to be published it could be made inexpensively in pocket book size and thus be available on counters in music stores as well as in colleges for all those who study piano and expect to teach it too" With 3 typed original letters from Ms. Hirsch to the music publishers Theodore Presser Co. Sterling Publishing Co. and Prentis Hall Publications all describing the content and asking in similar fashion to consider her book for publication. Included here are these three publishers' rejection-replies & another letter from Dover publishing which also rejected her project for various reasons. There is also a handwritten request from Ms. Hirsch soliciting the opinion of a professional editor-writer whom she thought may be able to help put her book into proper form for publication. Our research on OCLC at time of cataloging does not indicate any publication history. With A series of 8 Catalogs of the Eastern Suffolk School of Music spanning the years 1979 - 1989. Approx. 5 ½" x 8 ½" size; stapled printed softcovers; 20 to 40 pages each. These catalogs provide a listing of the board of directors committees administration staff - faculty with extensive musical biographies of the dozens of teachers involved giving instruction in voice piano violin flute cello guitar oboe trumpet dance harp organ recorder French horn viola brass instruments jazz improvisation composition eurythmics early winds theory percussion and more for example the 1988-1989 Catalog lists 42 instructors with their extensive qualifications & background; financial aid information schedules calendars tuition contact details & locations. 1978 - 1984 Group of 30 concert programs for the ESSM including student & faculty performances instrumental offerings & dance programs. Approx. 5 ½" x 8 ½" size; stapled printed softcovers usually 4 pages each giving the pieces played orchestra members & their instruments or soloists. With locations dates; held at the Fine Arts Theatre Southampton College Riverhead Mattituck East Islip H.S. Benjamin House Shoreham-Wading River Library & First Congregational Church of Riverhead. A run of 26 piano recital programs given in 1987 - 2013 by the students of Ann U. Hirsch; given in various private homes on Long Island. Most approx. 7" x 8 ½" size; single folded sheets with four printed sides. 1980-1984 Approx. 30 one or two page programs for the ESSM concerts student recitals often given monthly and a few other miscellaneous programs sponsored by ESSM in the Riverhead NY area: Jazz concerts percussion events concerts by faculty & guests student presentations. With personnel players pieces performed. 1986 A file folder with approx. 30 typed pages of material some on ESSM letterhead. These papers recount the struggle apparently of several months duration of the music school's attempts to restructure the board of directors and executive functions find adequate and sustainable financing and address critical accounting insurance liability and staffing issues which threatened the institution's continued existence. Some of the letters reveal troubling circumstances and finally include the resignation of Ms. Hirsch as the school's executive director and her choice of ceasing any further activities associated with the school including teaching. Other letters document and list various complaints needed changes salary & staffing requirements involving Ms. Hirsch board members and others who were involved in the running of the school. Miscellaneous: A three-ring binder with thumb-guide sections with some dozens of pages; this was Ms. Hirsch' own personal teaching and performance log: Students; Billing; Music; Musicians & Schedule. These sections have handwritten entries lists of student names addresses phone numbers; billing schedule and names columned with payments & various billing tiers. The "Music" section gives student names pieces planning for programs teaching notes; "Musicians" section with names phone numbers musical instruments & often the location of a large group of varied musical talents. With a variety of paper ephemera in a back pocket: newspaper clippings regarding music; MS performance names locations; schedules including for fees; TLS with her teaching offerings; name lists receipts. Approx. 7" x 10" size; black 'leatherette'; worn with tape-repaired spine. 1981 New Directions Resource Center Inc. Fifth Anniversary Gala list of donors; ESSM provided music.1983 Eastern Suffolk Woodwind Quintet & 1984 Michael Parola: Percussion Plus both hosted at The John Drew Theater of Guild Hall East Hampton. 1983 Eastern Suffolk Woodwind Quintet & 1984 ESSM Flute Choir performances both hosted at the Parrish Art Museum Southampton. 1984 The Raphael Trio appearing at the Shoreham-Wading River H.S. program. 1989 2-sided flyer program for Music Recital Mrs. Charlotte Murrin with pieces performers listed. With several 'reminder' and location direction-sheets for attendees of Ms. Hirsch' student performances. Condition: Generally everything is in very good condition with light wear and soiling to letters and binders. A very good archive documentation on a very active woman educator performer and teacher's musical & creative life. . Typed Draft. Various. Very Good. Not Published books
1842045059London: Fisher Son & Co 1842. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. W.H. Bartlett. 3 volumes in publishers gray cloth - modest wear to covers light spotting in a few spots. Scattered foxing and browning internally most of the plates age toned but still quite attractive. With 14 of 15 of the fine Bartlett plates lacking the plate depicting the Schuylkill Water-Works in volume two. 573pp;536pp; 600pp. Howes B922 Sabin 8896. Size: Octavo 8vo. 3-volume set complete. Illustrator: W.H. Bartlett. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 045059. <br/><br/> Fisher, Son, & Co hardcover books
1846046001London: The Percy Society 1846. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Original brown cloth bookplate of De Guinzbourg from his proverb library on the front pastedown. Modest foxing; a very nice copy. The first of Denham's tracts published between 1846 and 1859. Scarce. iv 73pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; History. Inventory No: 046001. <br/><br/> The Percy Society hardcover books
1692044549Lyon / Grenoble: Claude Naulot; Faure et Fils 1692. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Later leather backed boards spine rubbed hinges cracked. The Geometrie Pratique bound here last is a quite rare book on surveying but missing the final page - the text seems to end on 48 but other copies show 49 pages and the folding plate. Accompanying it are two almanacs from Dauphiné a region in the Southeast of France. xliv 179pp plus privilege and table; 242pp; xx 48pp. The Geometrie is prefaced by un extrait du droit François & L'Invention des Arbres. Geometrie trimmed a bit close at the top including on the title. Size: Octavo 8vo. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Mathematics; History. Inventory No: 044549. <br/><br/> Claude Naulot; Faure et Fils hardcover books
186625041Stuttgart Germany: Wilhelm Nitzschke 1866. 16 pages; the 'pages' are a heavy cardstock with numerous identified hand-colored illustrations on each. Nature historical events war the seasons modern transportation and other subjects are depicted. German text throughout; the final leaves offer the alphabet in both the German Gothic and more modern Latin style of typeface. No copyright date; internal evidence suggests 1866. Small booksellers ticket of E. Steiger 22 & 24 Frankfort St. New York on front endpaper. The volume approx. 9 5/8" x 13 1/2" size; covers detached spine cloth gone. Much wear rubbing to the covers; contents with some soiling wear experienced the usage of children; title page with some paper-rubs at inner margin; generally illustrations bright; in good condition overall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Wilhelm Nitzschke hardcover books
16814High school girl's English notebook with handwritten original essays on Shakespeare and George Eliot from 1920-1921 academic year. 10 x 8 in. Original black cloth boards. 116 pages. Entries from 1920-1921. Handwritten in ink on inside front cover "Nellie Johnson CCHS '24". Clinton Community High School in Clinton IL. First homework entry dated December 14 1920. Includes chapters on grammar literature devices and poetry. 2 large hand-drawn literary analysis diagrams. Chapter book reports with teacher's corrections and very interesting full-page hand-drawn "Diagram of Plots" on George Eliot's "Silas Marner". "At the New Year's party Priscilla said she was obliged to the same gowns and Nancy because she was five years older than her. And at the first sight of Godfrey Cass that Nancy saw and her arrival there then the Squire came in and gave a loud greeting to her father." Diagram highlights 3 major plot points: The Reward The Substitute and The Theft. Hand-drawn chart of rising action for Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Includes original essays on "Character Sketch of Portia" and "The Treatment of the Jews". "Antonia was a rich merchant in Venice. He owned several large ships which would sail to other countries and procured cargo of spices and other merchandise. Shylock the Jew as a wealthy Jew but all he had was money and jewels. That was all he could own."<br/><br/>"Outlines of Parts of Speech" such as nouns verbs participles and pronouns. "Personal pronoun is a pronoun that shows by its form whether it denotes the person speaking the person spoken to or the person spoken of." Final section contains notes on "Narrative Poetry" and defines terms such as meter stanza and scansion. Includes original poem "Nature Pictures". "I. The sun came up upon the left out of the sea As the sun raised the next morning It looked like it came out of the sea because the ship was so far from land that there was nothing else in sight only the sea so it looked like it came out of the sea. // II. And on the night went down into the sea. This picture was almost like the one where the sun come up out the sea only the sun was sitting and made a reflection on it." Boards are worn. Clean interior. Good to very good condition. unknown books
1662043191Amsterdam: Johannes van Ravesteyn 1662. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum a bit discolored. 10486 18 118 14pp. Portraits of Henrik and Cosimo de Medici. 2 works bound in one by the eminent Dutch historian and playwright. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History. Inventory No: 043191. <br/><br/> Johannes van Ravesteyn hardcover books
1817046073Madrid: Repulles 1817. Third Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 4 volumes in contemporary acid calf modest wear at edges corners worn a little dry in spots surface scrapes to leather in spots; scattered minor dampstains foxing browning old embossed stamp to title binding for vol 3 not quite uniform. Clean and sound overall. 489pp; 586pp; 493pp; 563pp Size: Octavo 8vo. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 046073. <br/><br/> Repulles hardcover books
1935044928London: Jonathan Cape 1935. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The first trade edition. Fading to the rear board apparently from damp but with no other damage. Clean and bright otherwise illustrated with tipped in plates in text illustration and 4 maps. Light wear and a few short tears and very minor chipping to jacket edges; unclipped. Size: Quarto 4to. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Exploration; History. Inventory No: 044928. <br/><br/> Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1761045558Madrid: D. Gabriel Ramirez 1761. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full vellum mild discoloration small tear to rear cover a few scratches and surface marks. Lacking endpapers otherwise very clean and bright internally.180pp Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 045558. <br/><br/> D. Gabriel Ramirez hardcover books
184519523West Chester Pa.: Printed at the Office of the "Village Record 1845. Neat archival repairs on the verso to tears; paper stock browned; in very good condition. Broadside approx. 12 x 12 inches on laid paper roughly trimmed. A striking broadside advertising eight weekly lectures at "the Cabinet" beginning on Thursday the 23rd of January with tickets available at Wm. P. Townsend's Temperance Hotel the design of the course and the broadside itself are both suggestive of the contemporary trade in popular entertainment combined with education. Printed at the Office of the "Village Record, unknown books
180819596Philadelphia: Published by Johnson & Warner; Lydia R. Railey ! for Bailey Printer 1808. Second Philadelphia edition the first appearing in 1803. Some foxing; a little chipped at the head of the spine calf a bit rubbed and the spine label just a bit worn at one corner; a very good copy. 12mo original calf red morocco label gilt lettering 4 140 pages. Engraved frontispiece four plates plus woodcut illustrations in the text. From an English work published by Newbery as early as 1762 but updated for an American audience; Karpinski attributes the work to Goldsmith Welch suggests Newbery as the editor of the English edition. Nipps Lydia Bailey 8; Welch 949.2; Karpinski page 149; Rosenbach 376 which notes updates for an American audience--including mention of Dr. Franklin of Philadelphia as well as in a passage on fossils "lately in the state of New-York the bones of an enormous quadruped have been discovered underneath the surface of the earth" this with a footnote "A complete skeleton of this animal is not to be seen at Peale's Museum in Philadelphia.--Ed. Published by Johnson & Warner; Lydia R. Railey [! for Bailey], Printer, unknown books
1972047073Delacorte 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. R. Crumb. Slight shelfwear tiny tear to dj t head of spine jacket price clipped and inner flap a little rumpled. Signed and inscribed by Stepanian "Mike" on the half title. Tips for avoiding prosectuion by America's foremost dope lawyer. Full page and vignette illustrations by R. Crumb. Size: Octavo 8vo. Illustrator: R. Crumb. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 047073. Delacorte hardcover books
1695045250Amsterdam: J. Louis de Lorme 1695. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf worn at the spine ends but sound. First signature loose and with a light dampstain to one corner scattered light foxing and occasional light dampstain in the right margin but mostly clean internally. The first French edition the same year as the English. With an engraved frontis and 24 plates of English kings at the rear. 8 310pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045250. <br/><br/> J. Louis de Lorme hardcover books
16275Robert R. Morton President of Tuskegee Institute Typed Letter Signed on official Tuskegee Institute letterhead. 1 page Dated March 9 1917. Robert R. Morton writes to W. A. Holmes of Virginia regarding funding for the school and to "help in the perpetuation of the Tuskegee Work" for "sixteen hundred Negro boys and girls." Tuskegee Institute is among the best known HBCUs founded by Booker T. Washington who himself was a graduate of HBCU Hampton. "I am taking the liberty of sending you also this note with the earnest hope that you may see your old way clear to help in the perpetuation of the Tuskegee Work. Having been born and raised in Virginia and having received so many kind consideration from the white people of that state I am making this very personal plea to them to help with this work especially at this time when I am just beginning tois new and very great undertaking. We want to assure you that any amount large or small will be most thankfully received and will help in the fitting of these sixteen hundred Negro boys and girls for service to the whitle and black peole of their communities." Very good condition with expected fold lines and handling creases. Discoloration at top corners; small loss at bottom left corner. unknown books
1702041193Amsterdam: Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom 1702. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full calf gilt decorated spine hinges cracked but attached by cords modest wear at edges and spine ends with some chipping to leather. Some browning to endpapers and title and notes to front endpaper but otherwise clean and bright internally. Old spine label and bookplate from a seminary library and a few embossed stamps internally otherwise unmarked. 9 tipped in plates and numerous engravings in the text. A worn but attractive copy of this review of religion among the ancients by the great enemy of superstition - he discusses the origins of bull sacrifice bacchanals Archons and priests among the Greek and Romans and other ancient superstition. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 041193. <br/><br/> Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom hardcover books
1647046538Amsterdam: Elzevirium 1647. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Attractively rebound in modern full calf old ownership marks and a long pen mark to title modest foxing and age toning to pages clean overall and a nice copy. 8 80 192 119 1 60pp; 8 62 8pp. <br/> Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046538. Elzevirium hardcover books
1651046537Leiden: Joannis Maire 1651. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked. Scattered foxing and browning old catalog entry pasted to endpaper signature on title. A nice clean copy overall. 830pp index. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046537. Joannis Maire hardcover books
50433Philadelphia: Penn Monthly 1878. Offprint. First separate edition. Octavo. Sewn pamphlet; printed blue paper wrappers; 12pp; errata slip bound in after final leaf of text. Rear wrapper neatly detached; old tide-line to upper margin of front wrapper; text tight and unmarked - a Good complete and sound copy. Signed in type and end of text by Charles F. Dunbar. Article reprinted from the April 1878 issue of Otis Kendall's Penn Monthly in which Stillé's original article had appeared two months earlier. Dunbar an eminent Harvard economist answers the criticisms of Stillé then provost of the University of Pennsylvania who had taken issue with the profferment of the Harvard Preliminary Examination for Women in the city of Philadelphia. Stillé's argument appears to have been based as much on parochialism as criticism of the exam's content; he was at this time working to raise the profile of Penn among elite American universities and resented the incursion of Harvard onto Penn's home turf. But Stillé evinces more than a little snobbery to say nothing of chauvinism in his assertion that ".no hot-house treatment which forces a precocious and unnatural development can ever produce that fruit which is the support and comfort of human life" - an assertion which Dr. Dunbar answers somewhat caustically: "These truths are well-worn and not denied but if they serve in connection any other purpose than that of a modest rhetorical embellishment it is because the relate to some fancied system quite different from that under discussion." <br/><br/>Despite widespread criticisms similar to the ones ably answered by Dunbar in the present essay The Harvard Examinations for Women - quite stringent covering a wide range of subjects and requiring their subjects to answer in at least two languages other than English - eventually became a national standard for the accreditation of young women who were unable whether for reasons of gender or circumstance to attend four-year universities. Stillé meanwhile became one of the University of Pennsylvania's historical icons; ".the extraordinary progress begun in his administration initiated the great expansion that was to continue under his immediate successors." DAB. The pamphlet appears uncommon - though widely catalogued in WorldCat nearly all holdings examined appear to be digital copies of the original held at Harvard's Schlesinger Library. unknown books
16391Girls' Education Original vintage cross-stitch sampler. Limington Maine. 1834. 11.5" x 15" in. Alphabet cross-stitched in capital and lower case letters with decorative embroidered border and information on maker stitched at bottom: "Elizabeth G. Brackett Limington Maine. Aged 10. in 1834". Samplers were valuable parts of girls' education from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries as it demonstrated both their skill in needlepoint and their achievements in literacy. From the 1800s the very first schools and academies for young women in America had their students create needlepoint pieces with decorative motifs such as verses or the entire alphabet being stitched on the sampler. The parents of these young women proudly displayed their embroideries as showpieces of their daughter's talent and status. In recent years these samplers have become important in museum collections as representations of early American female education. Capital alphabet "&" and numbers 1 through 7 in black thread. Capital alphabet and 8 9 and 0 in white thread. Lower case alphabet in gray; and student's name and date in light green. Toned. Few threads frayed at center right edge. Very good. unknown books
16083Early Women Education. ALS n.d. but late 1700s to early 1800s Sending Miss Isabella Berkeley to a teacher. Autograph Letter Signed 3 pages folded on a single large sheet with the 4th side serving as the address panel. To "Dear Madam." From "E." Identified as Margravine of Anspach.<br/><br/>She writes in her hand in Part: "I send you Miss Isabella Berkeley the youngest of the young Ladies-Elizabeth will be very little at your house-as she becomes companionable and I shall always have her with me when I can-Isabella has some natural faults which would be rooted in this house-and which nothing but abiding with young women submitting to those who educate them can cure her of-she is inclined to be a very fine lady-curious and what I call fidgety--.she has a good heart and she is laborious liking to be employed-works well at her needle-is charitable humane-I wish her to be made read loud for half an hour every day-to teach her to articulate in speaking-she was a very sickly child-and must eat very little butter-no wine-no coffee.<br/>And in postscript "I would wish her to read religious or moral books-and abridgement of History in general. <br/><br/>Afterwards when the general chronology is placed in her memory-she will read the History of every different country with measure. ". unknown books
