Esquire (or Asquare) Miller (1813 - 1841) was the younger brother of my 3x great grandfather, Eber Miller (1805 - 1877). The Millers owned and lived at 551 High Street in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Esquire's "Reward of Merit," pictured above, is an example of the paper encouragements given to students back in the 1800s. These encouragements were not report cards as we think of them today, but rather paper evidence teachers gave to the students (and thus to the parents) to indicate academic performance, "correct deportment," or positive progress in school. We would call them "positive reinforcements" today.
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Scanned image of the Reward of Merit from the original in the author's collection.
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Copyright 2015, John D. Tew
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