Reward of Merit paper cutout

EAM, Reward of Merit, cut paper with inscription "Merit - This certifies that Miss Mary Dodge has excelled her classmates in spelling the past week Apr wws 1825. Amos Baker Inst." Signed with initials EAM. 12 x 12" A similar on illustrated on Page 95 of "Two Towns, Concord & Wethersford. Provenance: Arthur and Sybil Kern