C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box 1872 I found it at the

I found it at the Wellesley

who I think may have been responsible for the beginning section in where are a series  of neatly transcribed poems about seashells and spring days

but I can make out that its sender is proud to be "near as tall as [

and it can be set back on top most any way

C. 1890 McLaughlin Brothers, NY Wooden “Old Fashioned” Jackstraws in Original Box 1872 I found it at theMostly Ive gravitated toward British bone spellicans, which in large part preceded American Jack Straws, but this is a very early set of the latter, c. 1890, in great shape, and I really love that all of the pieces are shaped like tools (specifically intended to represent farm tools from what Ive read.) Each piece has a point value stamped on one sideindicating how many points a player would receive for successful extracting it from the others without