1811-1829 Joshua P. Hammend, Montreal, Ledger Book Christo Henry Abrams who looks to me rather

who looks to me rather as if he is wearing aviator-style goggles

I found these fabulous homemade hummingbird lures at an antique shop in Maine

I don't much collect decoys

and is also noted that he was a regular exhibitor at the Greenwich Village Outdoor Show in the 1940's and 1950's

and also retains its original sale sticker indicating it was purchased at WM

1811-1829 Joshua P. Hammend, Montreal, Ledger Book Christo Henry Abrams who looks to me ratherI was sold on this old ledger before I even opened it; just a beautiful object in and of itself, with the well worn mark of James Brown, "Bookseller and Stationer, Facing the Seminary, Montreal" at the center of the front cover, and a sweet cloth mend on the binding. Then on the inside of the front cover is written the name of its owner, Joshua P. Hammond, 1811, with a few different notes as to his location at various years, including that he "left