Handwriting History collection:
The manuscript items exhibited here are held at the Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library in Lexington, MA.
A list of the items being transcribed is here:
See an assortment of the exhibited words and other polygons here:
circa 1789-02-16.
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does
circa 1789-02-16.
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pounds
circa 1789-02-16.
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Read
circa 1789-02-16.
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survey
circa 1789-06-03.
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dble
[double]; use of suspension mark
circa 1840-10-26
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Priest
circa 1843-10-20.
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satisfied
circa 1843-11-18
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documents
circa 1843-11-18
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favor
circa 1843-11-18
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Nov
[November]
circa 1845-09-26
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two
circa 1847-06-19
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Dear
circa 1879-10-13
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apparently
circa 1879-10-13
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did
circa 1898-12-09.
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hope