Salem Recorder Profile
| unidentified (scribe y) |
Contributed by Peikola |
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| Overview |
Editor |
| A secretary hand found in depositions against Martha Carrier.
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Peikola |
| Orthography |
Sample |
Editor |
| "Abbut(t)" for Abbot
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Peikola |
| Letter Forms |
Sample |
Editor |
| Minuscule u furnished with an 'accent' |
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Peikola |
| Minuscule y furnished with two dots: ÿ |
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Peikola |
| A distinctively formed ampersand with a 'hook' and tilted backwards |
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Peikola |
| In word-internal and word-final positions, the secretary variant of e is used almost exclusively; the 'epsilon' variant very rare |
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Peikola |
| No abbreviations of the 'y+superscript' type |
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Peikola |
| A prominent secretary x |
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Peikola |
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| 2 Manuscripts With This Hand: |
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| ID |
Title |
Hand |
Amount |
Editor |
| No. 463 | Testimony of Benjamin Abbott and Deposition of Sarah Abbott v. Martha Carrier | 1 |
#### | Peikola |
| No. 468 | Deposition of Allen Toothaker v. Martha Carrier | 1 |
#### | Peikola |
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| (?) in the ID column indicates some uncertainty that this actually is this scribe. |
| * in the Hand column indicates signature on manuscript |
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