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Description
This Manual of Penmanship was designed to accompany Harper's New Graded Copy-Books.
Horace W. Shaylor (1845-1923) of Portland wrote the manual that was published by Harper & Brothers.
The 84-page manual includes information about grouping alphabetical letters, tracking arm and hand movement, calculating word slant, and many other penmanship rules.
About This Item
- Title: 'Manual of Penmanship,' 1887
- Creator: Horace W. Shaylor
- Creation Date: 1887
- Subject Date: 1887
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 18 cm x 12.7 cm x 0.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2538, Box 1/2
- Collection: Shaylor family collection
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Alphabets
- Harper & Brothers
- Harper's Standard Education Series
- Manuals--Standards
- Penmanship, American
- Writing
- Writing systems
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