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Penmanship Pioneer Platt Spencer and Du Bois Ancestry
A nostalgic recounting of Platt Rogers Spencer, pioneer of American penmanship, his ascent from a struggling youth to fame with Spencerian copybooks, and a genealogical sketch of the Du Bois family. The piece links Spencer’s era to today’s typographic age and notes his influence on schools and business handwriting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
East Fishkill
Dutchess County
New York
Caleb Spencer
Rhode Island
Jerusha Covell Spencer
Chatham
Cape Cod
Jerusha Spencer
Hudson River
Windham
Greene County
Platt
Alleghenies
Ohio
Western Reserve
Jefferson
Ashtabula
Conneaut
Vermont
Eéchool
Cabell
Platt Rogers Spencer
Spencerman
United States
New York State
Persis Duty
Geneva
Oberlin
Jericho
Midwest
Ashtabaum County
East
Middle West
Platt R. Spencer
Pittsburgh
Spencerian Commercial College
Winesa
Phinney & Company
Buffalo
House of Ivison, Blakeman, Paylor & Company
Best
America
Evergreen Cemetery
Platt Re
Persia Duty Spencer
du Bola
Fraftee
Louis
Jacques
Christian du Bois
Artoiss
Macquarie du Bois
de Ronsay
France
Flanders
England
Geoffori du Boiis
Pierre du Bois
Henry IV
Louis du Bois
Catherine Blanschon
Abraham
Tsaquec
Kingston
N. C
Abraham du Bois
Margaret Deyo
Pennsylvania
du Bois
Hellman