Handwriting History collection:
The Richardson family letters span almost 250 years, and they represent a cross-section of English and American writing styles indicative of the times and places they were written. They are being hosted on the American Paleography site to promote learning about American writing styles and letterforms.
See an assortment of the exhibited words and other polygons here:
circa 1732
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answer
circa 1790
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Baldwin
circa 1790
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Mercifully
circa 1806
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to
circa 1817
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It
circa 1829
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which
circa 1831
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seems
circa 1831
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good
circa 1832
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Hall
circa 1840
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answered
circa 1860
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has
circa 1860
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passed
circa 1860
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western
circa 1865
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visiting
circa 1865?
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containing