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   1792 Book: The Only Sure Guide to the English Tongue, by W. Perry. Owned by Henry Larcom and originally stored in the secretary/bookcase owned by Henry and Fanny Larcom. Inside the front cover it says "My father's first spelling book. He was born Feb 21st 1777." That is the birthdate of Henry Larcom, son of Henry and Priscilla Larcom.

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   "The Understanding Reader or Knowledge before Oratory" written by Daniel Adams and published by Isaiah Thomas, Junior, printed by E. Merriam & Co., Brookfield in 1803. The reader was used by Israel Trask of Beverly.

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3. 16403 - Copybook

   Augusta L. Rantoul's school booklet, probably made while she was a student at the Beverly Academy on Washington Street.. In the booklet she writes about ancient history. Augusta was the daughter of Robert and Joanna (Lovett) Rantoul she died at age 18 in 1837 of consumption.

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4. 16410a - Booklet

   1808 booklet written by student William Rantoul in Salem consisting of translations of French into English. William was born William Very, son of Samuel Very and Mary (Preston) Rantoul Very. William was born in 1794. Mary Rantoul married Samuel Very after the death of her first husband Capt. Robert Rantoul. Mary divorced her second husband and William was always known as a Rantoul. William was the half brother of Robert Rantoul, Esq. of Bever...

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5. 24773 - Booklet

   1815 math booklet written by student William Rantoul in Salem shows navagational problems. William was born William R. Very, son of Samuel Very and Mary (Preston) Rantoul Very. William was born in 1794 and he died while aboard a ship in 1816, probably of disease. Mary Rantoul married Samuel Very after the death of her first husband Capt. Robert Rantoul. Mary divorced her second husband and William was always known as a Rantoul. William was...

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6. FIC013.173 - Booklet

   1823 handwritten booklet "Extracts in Prose and Verse" written by Hitty Smith of Beverly. She attended the proprietors school. Much of the entries are from copied from Lemprere's Classical Dictionary, others are poems from J. Beattie written in 1759. Hitty Smith, daughter of Ebenezer Jr and Lydia Smith, was born September 12, 1810. Hitty later married Augustus N. Clark, their home was 19 Broadway.

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7. FIC013.174 - Booklet

   1856 schoolbook "The Good Child's Pictorial Primer" which contains the alphabet and simple stories and color pictures illustrating the stories.

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