Salem Recorder Profile
| unidentified (scribe tilde) |
Contributed by Peikola |
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| Overview |
Editor |
| A well-proportioned italic hand with a professional appearance |
Peikola |
| Letter Forms |
Sample |
Editor |
| In E the upper half of the letter forms a loop |
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Peikola |
| In d the ascender is long and curved to the left |
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Peikola |
| Abbreviations |
Sample |
Editor |
| Frequent use of the 'open e/r' superscript: eg "Sen~" for Senior, "hon~s" for Honor's, "Gouern~" for Governor, "yo~" for your |
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Peikola |
| Macron is used for abbreviating words especially at line-endings: eg "consideratio$" for consideration |
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Peikola |
| In "Samll" for Samuel and "Wm" for William the superscript letter is furnished with a horizontal cross-stroke |
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Peikola |
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| 4 Manuscripts With This Hand: |
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| ID |
Title |
Hand |
Amount |
Editor |
| No. 654 | Petition of Mary Esty | 2 |
## | Peikola |
| No. 655 | Petition of Ann Pudeator | 1 |
#### | Peikola |
| No. 711 | Petition of Abigail Faulkner Sr. for a Pardon | 1 |
#### | Burns |
| No. 712 | Petition of Rebecca Eames for a Pardon | 1 |
#### | Burns |
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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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