Handwriting History collection:
The Richardson family letters span almost 250 years, and they represent a cross-section of English and American writing styles indicative of the times and places they were written. They are being hosted on the American Paleography site to promote learning about American writing styles and letterforms.
See an assortment of the exhibited words and other polygons here:
circa 1699
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as
circa 1699
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John
circa 1703
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philadelphia
circa 1704
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1704
circa 1732
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heare
circa 1732
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Thine
circa 1817
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hasten
circa 1828
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come
circa 1829
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hurried
circa 1859
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so
circa 1860
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decided
circa 1860
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stead
circa 1860
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suffering
circa 1860
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the
circa 1861
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from