Platt Rogers Spencer, Gents

Platt Rogers Spencer, Gents Gents Many Men of Many Minds Many Birds of Many kinds Many Fishes in the Sea Many Writers Write like Me. 1856 About this Item Title Penmanship sample "Gents" from Platt Rogers Spencer Contributor Names Platt Rogers Spencer [1] Spencer, Platt R. (Platt Rogers), 1800-1864 VIAF ID 77896450 (Personal) Permalink: https://viaf.org/viaf/77896450 Created / Published 1856 Subject Headings Penmanship Penmanship, American Penmanship--Study and teaching Penmanship--Technique Penmanship manuals Penmanship specimen books Writing books Copybooks (Penmanship) Exercise books (Penmanship) Penmanship manuals Penmanship specimen books Spencerian Business College Manuscript dating Paleography Writing materials and instruments Writing--Identification Writing Pen Ink Poems Quatrain Couplets Advertisements Ephemera SNAC ID 30739272 Subjects Women calligraphers Writing--History Penmanship--Technique African American artists Temperance Landscape painters Parent and child--Correspondence Universities and colleges Abolitionists Businesswomen Business schools Arts Art, American Business education Penmanship, American Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects Calligraphers Manuscripts, American Portrait painters Occupations Teachers--Ohio--Cleveland Calligraphers--Ohio--Geneva Artists--United States Teachers--Ohio--Geneva College administrators--Ohio--Cleveland Women teachers--United States Places Ashtabula County (Ohio) (as recorded) Ohio (as recorded) United States (as recorded) Bedford (Ohio) (as recorded) Ohio (as recorded) Illinois--Chicago (as recorded) Ohio--Cleveland (as recorded) Cleveland (Ohio) (as recorded) United States (as recorded) Ohio--Geneva (as recorded) Genre Ephemera Advertising Notes - Available text: Transcription Local Notes [LINK LOCAL NOTES TOO] Spencerian Script Script, shaded Shaded script Nib Paper Slant Slant is roughly 40 degrees to the right Writing slope Call Number/Physical Location Series: Penmanship MSS###: Folder: Spencerian binder Source Collection Unknown Repository Collection of David Kaminski Digital Id http://davidkaminski.org/wiki/Platt_Rogers_Spencer,_Gents Online Format image online text Description This small piece of paper may have been given as a sample to advertise his writing; it may have been enclosed as a keepsake; or it may have been cut from a larger piece of paper by a collector. Physical Description [ADDED] Description of Social and Historical Context [ADDED] Penmen like Platt Rogers Spencer used samples of their writing as a form of advertising to encourage people to attend classes in which the student could be instructed. As many penmen were itinerant, or traveling often, they needed to advertise when they came to a new town so that they could gain enough students quickly for a profitable class that could be three lessons, six lessons, or could last several weeks. Day and night classes were not uncommon in larger towns. Short sayings and poems were common. While this exact poem has not been located in work by other writers, a few of these lines are in books by other penmen and students in years before and after Spencer uses them here. By the time this piece was written, 1856, Platt Rogers Spencer had already gained considerable attention for his penmanship. Rights & Access Cite This Item [ADD LINKED DATE BELOW] Part of... [Names of Master Collections, etc.] Format Manuscript Contributors Spencer, Platt R. Dates 1875 Location Language English Subjects Penmanship Penmanship, American Penmanship--Study and teaching Penmanship--Technique Penmanship manuals Penmanship specimen books Writing books Copybooks (Penmanship) Exercise books (Penmanship) Penmanship manuals Penmanship specimen books Spencerian Business College Manuscript dating Paleography Writing--Identification Writing Poems Quatrain Couplets Advertisements Ephemera SNAC ID 30739272 Subjects Women calligraphers Writing--History Penmanship--Technique African American artists Temperance Landscape painters Parent and child--Correspondence Universities and colleges Abolitionists Businesswomen Business schools Arts Art, American Business education Penmanship, American Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects Calligraphers Manuscripts, American Portrait painters Occupations Teachers--Ohio--Cleveland Calligraphers--Ohio--Geneva Artists--United States Teachers--Ohio--Geneva College administrators--Ohio--Cleveland Women teachers--United States Places Ashtabula County (Ohio) (as recorded) Ohio (as recorded) United States (as recorded) Bedford (Ohio) (as recorded) Ohio (as recorded) Illinois--Chicago (as recorded) Ohio--Cleveland (as recorded) Cleveland (Ohio) (as recorded) United States (as recorded) Ohio--Geneva (as recorded) Articles and Essays with this item Practicing the Reading of American Handwriting: An Approximate Scale of Legibility