Bound in full calf with blind tooling. Front cover inscription reads, "Scrap Book. B.M. Watson Jr. Plymouth, Mass." Inscription on page facing the inside cover reads that the book contains: “Lessons received on the spinnet from Peter Pelham” beginning November 1744 and continuing through January 1745. Contains notes on musical terms and styles, several minuets, arias, and other songs. Includes music by Handel and Charles Theodore Pachelbel. Pelham was a student of Pachelbel.

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Pelham, Peter, 1721-1805]]> 1744-1745]]> The Peter Pelham music manuscript of 1744 : an early American keyboard tutor. Colfax, N.C. : W. Leupold Editions, circa 2005.]]> MS2003.7]]> Robert Kintzel, "Vivaldi in Colonial America : the Cases of Francis Hopkinson, Peter Pelham and Thomas Jefferson," Early Music 42, 3 (August 2014).]]> Woolley, Andrew. Review of The Peter Pelham manuscript of 1744 : an early American music tutor, edited by H. Joseph Butler. Early Music volume 37, number 2 (May, 2009): 322-324.]]>