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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apprehended
circa 1789-1819*
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Congs
[Congress]
circa 1789-1819*
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consist
circa 1789-1819*
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debt
circa 1789-1819*
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express
circa 1789-1819*
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Franklin
circa 1789-1819*
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grant
circa 1789-1819*
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irritated
circa 1789-1819*
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James
circa 1789-1819*
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mere
circa 1789-1819*
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might
circa 1789-1819*
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original
circa 1789-1819*
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President
circa 1789-1819*
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prove
circa 1789-1819*
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too