Salem Recorder Profile
| Edward Payson |
Contributed by Peikola |
| Minister in Rowley. |
| Overview |
Editor |
| An elaborate professional hand with a round general appearance |
Peikola |
| Letter Forms |
Sample |
Editor |
| For minuscule e both the modern closed variety and the open epsilon type are used |
|
Peikola |
| Ascender of d often ends in an elaborated loop |
|
Peikola |
| Punctuation |
Sample |
Editor |
| Distinctive commas; semi-colon and full stop also in use |
|
Peikola |
| Apostrophe used to form possessives, eg "Pearley's" |
|
Peikola |
| Parentheses used |
|
Peikola |
| Abbreviations |
Sample |
Editor |
| "sd" for said |
|
Peikola |
| "thô" for though (macron shaped as a caret) |
|
Peikola |
|
| 2 Manuscripts With This Hand: |
|---|
| ID |
Title |
Hand |
Amount |
Editor |
| No. 284 | Testimony of Samuel Phillips & Edward Payson for Elizabeth How | 2* |
### | Peikola |
| No. 471 | Deposition of Mary Daniel v. Margaret Scott & Elizabeth Jackson | 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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