Handwriting History collection:
The manuscript material provided here comes from the Library of Congress: The James Madison Papers: Subseries 5e, James Madison's Original Notes on Debates at the Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787, have been newly digitized at high resolution, 600 pixels/inch, thus providing a new clear view of the details of the manuscripts' erasures, emendations, and faded ink strokes.
The goal of this project is to sample Madison's work from the beginning section and to provide it as an example of American writing during its time.
See an assortment of the exhibited words and other polygons here:
circa 1789-1819*
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1787
circa 1789-1819*
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appendix
circa 1789-1819*
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arrangement
circa 1789-1819*
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calamity
circa 1789-1819*
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David
circa 1789-1819*
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familiar
circa 1789-1819*
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fill
circa 1789-1819*
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foreseeing
circa 1789-1819*
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mercy
circa 1789-1819*
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necessity
circa 1789-1819*
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persisted
circa 1789-1819*
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publications
circa 1789-1819*
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Sectional
circa 1789-1819*
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Washington
circa 1789-1819*
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