Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book small fan I'm pretty certain this is

I'm pretty certain this is a 20th century piece made for the tourist trade

The color on the card is as bright as if printed yesterday

framed 12" x 16"

which though fairly light in weight feels substantial

Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book small fan I'm pretty certain this isI've had a number of British earlyish 19th century penmanship practice notebooks in the shop but this is the first American one, of a Jacob A. Paul I believe, of Ghent, NY, dated 1838. And it is quite different from the British in construction with a simple un dyed pulp paper cover, hand stitched binding, and then pages of various colors inside pink, green, yellow, some quite brilliant in tone. And no fraktur type headers here just page after page