✅ SOLVED Meaning of This Old Paper Document

[coinman123]

A while back I bought this at a small antique shop that I saw on the side of the road while driving, along with some other old paper documents for around $5 each, including a huge deed from around 1810, and some letters from the town Clerk discussing what was suggested by members in a town meeting back in 1815. A couple newspapers from the early 1800's, and a couple other small items. Anyways, this interesting document seems like the oldest and roughest condition of all of the paper documents though, and I have been curious about it ever since I bought it. The odd thing about it is that it just a bunch of repeating words, places, or phrases, such as "Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Mediterranean Sea" or "Vanity and presumption ruin many a promising youth". On the back, folded is more words, and a math problem done in pencil. Anyways, what do you think the meaning these repeating phrases is? School work is my only guess so far. I am also curious about the age of this document, maybe late 1700's or early 1800's, is it possible to tell from the handwriting and ink?



Thanks!

 

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[joesmarbles]

Possibly a shipping invoice, Amsterdam Holland etc......Joe McDonough

 

[Bramblefind]

If you google "Vanity and presumption ruin many a promising youth" a number of school book references show up from about 1808-1850.

Here's an interesting excerpt from a 2014 book about Boylston, Massachusetts (A Crisis of Community: The Trials and Transformation of a New England Town ... By Mary Babson Fuhrer)

https://books.google.com/books?id=Z...ty and presumption" "promising youth"&f=false

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Someone practicing penmanship.

 

[coinman123]

If you google "Vanity and presumption ruin many a promising youth" a number of school book references show up from about 1808-1850.

Here's an interesting excerpt from a 2014 book about Boylston, Massachusetts (A Crisis of Community: The Trials and Transformation of a New England Town ... By Mary Babson Fuhrer)

https://books.google.com/books?id=Z...ty and presumption" "promising youth"&f=false

Thanks solving this! It is also interesting to read the part in the book that follows the screenshot you attached too, though mostly unrelated to my piece of paper. I think I can now safely say that this is an early 1800's piece of paper used to practice writing in school. Very cool!