One Load STONE, c. 1803 s Letterpress Permit (Signed) for New Albany-Schenectady Turnpike porcupine and especially love the inclusion

and especially love the inclusion of the necessary cutting tools as well as the comment of the flank being "no good

" though pretty great anywhere

and with the trail of fluttering seagulls seeming very an extension of the sea  itself

and the whole think is sturdy and stable

the joys of geometry

One Load STONE, c. 1803 s Letterpress Permit (Signed) for New Albany-Schenectady Turnpike porcupine and especially love the inclusionI paid a good bit for this small bit of paper, but I thought think it's a perfect thing, and will be happy to keep it for myself. Early 1800s for sure, and I believe it is in fact 1803 along with the last name of its original owner, Mound, hand written on the reverse. This would have functioned as a pass permit for carrying "One Load of Stone" across the newly built Albany & Schenectady Turnpike, to be presented at a tollbooth I believe; a bit like an