Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 140
114 Furniture of the Olden Time in a desk used by the man whose signature to theDeclaration of Independence stands out so fearlessand determined. The slanting lid has a mouldingacross the lower edge, probably to support a large … Illus. 77. book, or ledger, and as it is at the right height for aman to write standing, or sitting upon a very highstool, it may have been used as an office desk. Be-low the slanting lid are two doors behind which are Desks 115
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