Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 2, 1815
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 78
Notes:
Benjamin Howard Rand (1792-1862) was a Philadelphia professional teacher of penmanship who published twenty-six copybooks and manuals on the subject. Ray Nash, American Penmanship, 1800–1850: A History of Writing and a Bibliography of Copybooks from Jenkins to Spencer (Worcester, Mass., 1969)
