Handwriting History collection:
Collected here are words, phrases, abbreviations, numerals, etc. from the projects for which we have exhibits. The sources are the Richardson family letters from Winterthur; The James Madison Papers: Subseries 5e, James Madison's Original Notes on Debates at the Federal Constitutional Convention held by the Library of Congress; and manuscript leaves from Herman Melville's Billy Budd from Houghton Library, Harvard; Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.
See an assortment of the exhibited words and other polygons here:
circa 1789-1819*
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notwithstanding
circa 1789-1819*
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Washington
circa 1829
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Wilmington
circa 1843-11-18
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oblige
circa 1860
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boys
circa 1860
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occasions
circa 1860
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other
circa 1881-09-20
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banners
circa 1881-09-20
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wife
circa 1884*-1891
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body-guard
circa 1884*-1891
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fifty
circa 1884*-1891
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purity
circa 1884*-1891
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qualities
circa 1884*-1891
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rations
circa 19__??
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papers