Thomas Stokes Have Lett 10 Old Sheep and Five Lambs, Charming 1777 Handwritten Contract rebus game for Max Schmeling

for Max Schmeling

them immediately liberated them from old mats and frames upon returning home in order to really see them

perhaps most importantly

propping up the animal books

in very good shape

Thomas Stokes Have Lett 10 Old Sheep and Five Lambs, Charming 1777 Handwritten Contract rebus game for Max SchmelingThis is one of very favorite finds of the week, and makes me very happy, including for being able to vividly imagine Thomas Stokes' ten old sheep and five lambs, appraised at the rate of 20 shillings "apease" which he "lett" in exchange for one pound of "wooll" for each one, each year, for two years. Dated May 26th, 1777, less than one year after America's Declaration of Independence, when colony issued pounds, shillings and pence were still in