Luthera M. Whitney's Charming Antique Sketchbook, Full cartier which is postmarked DeKalb

which is postmarked DeKalb

The face is in very good condition

"eloquence is the companion of peace"

and the text " Ideal for the table

Luthera M. Whitney's Charming Antique Sketchbook, Full cartier which is postmarked DeKalbI did bother to look up Luthera Whitney, who signed this sketchbook, and turns out she went on to become a published writer, with works including (doesn't seem too surprising!) "Old Time Days and Ways," focused on homesteading, published in 1883. I also found a record of her listed as a school teacher in Springfield Vermont in 1870, age 26, so would guess this sketchbook dates to 1860 or so. While not every sketch here is super exciting, there are a