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 1803-01-23
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1803
circa 1817
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rejoicing
circa 1819
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Dr's
circa 1828
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pay
circa 1831
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were
circa 1840
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nights
circa 1846-11-19
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copy
circa 1860
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very
circa 1860-65?
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My
circa 1866-03-20
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great
circa 1884*-1891
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aboard
circa 1884*-1891
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capstain
circa 1884*-1891
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disquietude
circa 1884*-1891
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Indomitable
circa 1892
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partly