Salem Recorder Profile
| John How (?) |
Contributed by Grund |
| Tentative identification Hand formerly called "scribe yow" |
| Overview |
Editor |
| An upright hand |
Peikola |
| Orthography |
Sample |
Editor |
| "one" for on |
|
Peikola |
| "dafter" for daughter |
|
Peikola |
| "baig" for beg |
|
Peikola |
| "straing" for strange |
|
Peikola |
| "ware" for were |
|
Peikola |
| "hur" for her |
|
Burns |
| "catill" for cattle |
|
Burns |
| Letter Forms |
Sample |
Editor |
| Minuscule e mostly of the epsilon variety, with few instances of the normal secretary form. |
|
Peikola |
| A secretary g with a cross-stroke closing the compartment |
 |
Peikola |
| Same form for I and J, with a long stroke at the beginning, and a cross-stroke |
 |
Burns |
| Abbreviations |
Sample |
Editor |
| "ye" for the |
|
Peikola |
| "7th" for seventh |
|
Peikola |
|
| 4 Manuscripts With This Hand: |
|---|
| ID |
Title |
Hand |
Amount |
Editor |
| No. 261 | Statement of Sarah Ingersoll & Ann Andrews Regarding Sarah Churchill | 1 |
### | Grund |
| No. 376 | Testimony of Nehemiah Abbot Sr. v. Elizabeth How | 1 |
### | Burns |
| No. 378 | Testimony of John How v. Elizabeth How | 1 |
#### | Peikola |
| No. 576 | Excuse of Mary Towne | 1 |
### | Peikola |
|
| (?) in the ID column indicates some uncertainty that this actually is this scribe. |
| * in the Hand column indicates signature on manuscript |
Checkley Main Page | Salem Recorders
