1811-1829 Joshua P. Hammend, Montreal, Ledger Book clay sneaker at the end of the

at the end of the day it's a very fine braided and woven antique Penobscot Northeast Coast Native American basket like this one--Shaker-like in its material integrity--that really takes my breath away

so one would guess he was an entomologist

in the 19th century

with this most earnest looking young artist

after a   long day's work in February of 1935

1811-1829 Joshua P. Hammend, Montreal, Ledger Book clay sneaker at the end of theI was sold on this old ledger before I even opened it; just a beautiful object in and of itself, with the well worn mark of James Brown, "Bookseller and Stationer, Facing the Seminary, Montreal" at the center of the front cover, and a sweet cloth mend on the binding. Then on the inside of the front cover is written the name of its owner, Joshua P. Hammond, 1811, with a few different notes as to his location at various years, including that he "left