Langford's Introduction to Running Hand
Copy Book
1808 (published)
1808 (published)
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Light green bound book. Title and publishers name, and price 6d. are printed inside the front cover.
The remainder of the book is a series of sentences starting with different letters in alphabetical order, printed on thin paper; there are three on each page. There is imitative handwriting and marginalia throughout. Inside the back cover, there is an advertisement for other books teaching handwriting and accounting by the same scholastic publishers.
The back cover features doodles, ink blots and the date 'Feb 1812'.
The remainder of the book is a series of sentences starting with different letters in alphabetical order, printed on thin paper; there are three on each page. There is imitative handwriting and marginalia throughout. Inside the back cover, there is an advertisement for other books teaching handwriting and accounting by the same scholastic publishers.
The back cover features doodles, ink blots and the date 'Feb 1812'.
Object details
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| Title | Langford's Introduction to Running Hand (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Ink on paper |
| Brief description | Copybook, engraved by F Vincent and published by Langford, London, 1808 |
| Physical description | Light green bound book. Title and publishers name, and price 6d. are printed inside the front cover. The remainder of the book is a series of sentences starting with different letters in alphabetical order, printed on thin paper; there are three on each page. There is imitative handwriting and marginalia throughout. Inside the back cover, there is an advertisement for other books teaching handwriting and accounting by the same scholastic publishers. The back cover features doodles, ink blots and the date 'Feb 1812'. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Marks and inscriptions | ‘Assiduously endeavour to improve in learning’
‘Benevolence and humanity are amiable qualities’
‘Commendations commonly animate mankind’
‘Dangers accompany precipitate determinations’
‘Encouragement promotes ingenious performances’
‘Fear is the constant companion of wicked actions’
‘Generously contribute to charitable institutions’
‘Honour and renown are incentives to emulation’
‘Illiterate people experience many inconveniences’
‘Knowledge is the most advantageous acquisition’
‘Let prudence and moderation govern your actions’
‘Modest deportment ever commands admiration’
‘Never countenance immorality or profaneness’
‘Opportunity neglected generally occasions sorrow’
‘Persevere in accomplishing a complete education’
‘Quarrelsome persons are dangerous companions’
‘Repentance is the consequence of wicked actions’
‘Sincerity and truth are valuable accomplishments’
‘Temperance and exercise are guardians of health’
‘Virtue and happiness are inseparable companions’
‘Wretchedness most commonly succeeds dissipation’
‘Xenophon commended and encouraged morality’
‘Youth is the proper season for acquiring knowledge’
‘Zeal in promoting virtue merits commendation’ |
| Credit line | Given by Barbara Jones |
| Object history | This collection of books belonged to Derby tailor Francis Hood and his children. Francis was born in Ashbourne, Derby, in 1800. In 1823 he married Susanna Wilson, and they had five children. All their names, apart from the youngest, Susanna, appear on the exercise and copy books. Francis was a successful tailor, and the enterprise grew to be a flourishing family business. George (born 1827) was a tailor with his father by the age of 14. He died aged only 24. Elizabeth (born 1830) became a milliner and dressmaker. She married Scottish draper John Train, but was soon widowed, and thereafter is listed is woollen goods trader as well as dressmaker. Francis (born 1832) moved to Australia, possibly before his twentieth birthday, where he stayed the rest of his life. Henry (born 1836) was an apprentice in 1851. Ten years later, at the age of 25, he inherited the family business, and by 1881 was employing 6 men and 2 boys. He was married to Elizabeth from Somerset, and they had six children. He was able to retire in his mid-sixties and move to a country house on the proceeds of the business. Soon after, Elizabeth died, but Henry remarried at the age of 72 to a woman 31 years his junior. His second son George (born 1868) continued the Hood dynasty from the 1890s, though the shop in St John Street, Ashbourne, remained ‘Henry Hood & Son’ in 1900. Susanna (born 1838) never married, and lived with Elizabeth. She was also a dressmaker. The books were passed down through Henry’s children to the donor’s husband. |
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| Accession number | B.294-2012 |
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| Record created | October 17, 2012 |
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