The advertisement for Cursham's school read: "Young gentlemen are genteelly boarded
that our public thanksgiving may not be so vague as to fail of its object for want of apprehension of the grounds of it
Lorenzo Dow and General Jackson
[It would be tempting to dig for a connection to Harriet Beecher Stowe's co-abolitionist
dramatic double-raised bands
1861 Rare Sammelband of Six Americana Chapbook Biographies - Daniel Boone, Tecumseh, Davey Crockett, &c. Devotion The advertisement for Cursham's schoolA very scarce and attractive assemblage of six c. 1861 Western Americana, Exploration, Adventure Chapbooks issued by Beadle and Company of New York and London, publishers of Dime Novels, adventure stories, and in this case, a wonderful grouping of Americana. Because of the ephemeral nature of the works, they are scarce, with not a single example of even one of the volumes here available on the market. Also scarce at auction, with o examples of Pontiac