Dear Friend Mollie, Lovely 1864 Handwritten Letter by Young Teacher with Two Pages of Cross-writing tiny drawing Nice mellowing to the gold

Nice mellowing to the gold paint--just right

6" x 3/4" x 1/4"

though there are also the initials HL in pencil at lower left

and energetic animals

and also lovely

Dear Friend Mollie, Lovely 1864 Handwritten Letter by Young Teacher with Two Pages of Cross-writing tiny drawing Nice mellowing to the goldI'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