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 1699
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Arival
circa 1703
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to
circa 1789-1819*
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merely
circa 1825
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if
circa 1828
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her
circa 1831
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unstable
circa 1865?
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corner
circa 1881-09-20
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hand
circa 1884*-1891
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frequently
circa 1884*-1891
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outward-bound
circa 1884*-1891
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simply
circa 1884*-1891
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saddish
circa 1884*-1891
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civilization
circa 1884*-1891
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Faithful
circa 1892-09-24
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your