This single leaf is from a holograph manuscript of Jack and Jill: A Village Story, which was first serialized in St. Nicholas and then published in book form in the fall of 1880. Since leaves of this same manuscript are included in other library collections and sometimes appear on dealer websites, Alcott scholars believe that the manuscript was broken up and its leaves sold piecemeal. The text itself comes from Chapter 8, entitled "Merry and Molly," with only one minor discrepancy between the manuscript page and the serialization as well as the first book edition.