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 1694
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seven
circa 1703
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have
circa 1703
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Fitch
circa 1732
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spiritt
circa 1789-1819*
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uniformity
circa 1789-1819*
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individual
circa 1819
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spoil
circa 1843-10-20.
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can
circa 1845
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looked
circa 1860
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manner
circa 1860
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Dear
circa 1860
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Year
circa 1860
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We
circa 1860
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included
circa 1861
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Cherry