1838 Portsmouth, NY Alphabetical Ledger with Hand-marbled Cover schmid There is one tiny flaw—what

There is one tiny flaw—what looks like a glaze chip just inside the lip

A great little drawing of very proud looking black cat marching along with (still quite perky looking) mouse held in its mouth

though perhaps they were gaming chips of sorts for use at the race track

and to the features of the face especially

1838 Portsmouth, NY Alphabetical Ledger with Hand-marbled Cover schmid There is one tiny flaw—whatRare in my experience to come across an alphabetically tabbed ledger like this, and such a beautiful one, filled with the names of old Portsmouth, NH families someone from these parts would surely recognize. The letters of the alphabetical index are printed individually cut from somewhere and adhered one by one to the edges of the pages, with the pages to follow trimmed in order that each letter be visible from the front. To me all those letters lined