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 1699
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lives
circa 1732
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Thine
circa 1790
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Baldwin
circa 1805
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shoulders
circa 1806
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stove
circa 1817
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may
circa 1819
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interested
circa 1828
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going
circa 1831
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times
circa 1833
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thin
circa 1845
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short
circa 1845?
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others
circa 1855
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Security,
circa 1860
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rainy
circa 1865?
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hanging