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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adversaries
circa 1789-1819*
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allowed
circa 1789-1819*
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alone
circa 1789-1819*
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assembled
circa 1789-1819*
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calling
circa 1789-1819*
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fatal
circa 1789-1819*
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head
circa 1789-1819*
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illustration
circa 1789-1819*
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incapable
circa 1789-1819*
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passed
circa 1789-1819*
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place
circa 1789-1819*
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present
circa 1789-1819*
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printed
circa 1789-1819*
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thrown
circa 1789-1819*
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