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Henry David Thoreau Concord, MA, 1821-1854 Ubiquitous in modern American note-taking, pencils are less common in other times and places. The English term dates from the 14th century to designate a fine painter's brush, a usage that persisted into the...

Anonymous London, England, 1581 These Writing tables with a kalender for xxiiii yeres published in London in 1581 seem at first like a printed calendar, unusual only for its oblong format. But in the middle of the printed work there are ten special pages...