Dear Friend Mollie, Lovely 1864 Handwritten Letter by Young Teacher with Two Pages of Cross-writing tiny drawing and also lovely

and also lovely

and energetic animals

I follow thee there…

which must have part of something pretty spectacular

Nice mellowing to the gold paint--just right

Dear Friend Mollie, Lovely 1864 Handwritten Letter by Young Teacher with Two Pages of Cross-writing tiny drawing and also lovelyI'm always looking for examples of cross writing, but rarely come across them, so was very pleased to find this one at Brimfield, purchased from a favorite Pennsylvania based dealer. It is dated July, 1864 and addressed to "Dear friend Mollie," though I can't quite discern the signature of its author, who is a young teacher, in her first year of teaching it seems. ("Some think teachers have an easy time of it but my experience so far leads me to have