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Slate Pencil

Use the hard slate pencil with the slate board. Wipe your board with a soft cloth to clean. The pencil measures 5 inches in length and 1/4 inch wide.

Paper was scarce in the early 19th century. Children in school probably used slates like this more often than paper. Writing on the slate could be erased over and over again, so children could practice their penmanship or their mathematical equations.

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Historic Cold Spring Village has received operating and project grants from the New Jersey Historical Commission in the Department of State, The 1772 Foundation and the County of Cape May including NJSCA/Cape May County Culture and Heritage Commission Regrants. Endowment funds have been awarded from the NJ Cultural Trust in Department of State. Advertising and printing has also been funded through the Cooperative Marketing Grant Program of the New Jersey Division of Travel & Tourism in the Department of State, www.visitnj.org.

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