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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Milns, William, 1761â1801
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Needham, James
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writing book
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alphabet book
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penmanship specimen book
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Alphabets -- Early works to 1800.
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Needham, James.
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School notebooks -- Great Britain.
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Needham, James
Specimens written by James Needham at Heaton Norris School, midsummer, 1847
1847-1848
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Milns, William, 1761â1801
The penman's repository
[1787]