Recto:

u.r. in ink: Full many a gem of purest ray serve, \ The Dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear, \ Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, \ And waste its fragrance of the desert air.

c.l. in ink: There is not a truth by wisdom taught, \ There is not a feeling pure and high; \ There is not a grand inspiring thought, \ That may not be read in a mothers eye.

c. in ink: Business Penmanship\ $99.00 Quincy Ills April 13, 1878 \ Sevety [sic] days from date of promise to pay to \ James R. Simmons or order Sevety [sic] Nine Dollars. \ with interest in interest of ten percent per annum \ Value recieved \ M. B. Jennings Jr/ \ Penmanship \ By Prof Sandy Ford

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift from the Collection of Dale F. and Warren A. Culbertson Living Trust

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