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American Calligraphy #22: Carved slate

 ABCs of the USA: The stories behind America’s most distinctive Calligraphy styles."He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels." Henry Wadsworth LongfellowIt will soon be Memorial Day, when we pay special attention to graveyards. The gravestone shown below is one of America's very earliest, carved for Ann Quinsey, who died at the age of 13 in Boston 1676. What little we know



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