Salem Recorder Profile
| Ephraim Wilds |
Contributed by Peikola |
| Constable of Topsfield, son of Sarah Wilds. |
| Orthography |
Sample |
Editor |
| Adjectives ending in -y rendered with -ey (or -iy) (eg "ueriey", "aniey"/"eniey", "angriey", "maniey", "seuentiey")
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Peikola |
| Morphemes re-, a- and in- written separately from the stem (eg "re quier", "re ward", "re venged", "a cusing", "a cording", "a bout", "a per", "in structed", "in fermety")
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Peikola |
| "gow" for go |
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Peikola |
| "har"/"hare" for her
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Peikola |
| "eged" for aged |
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Peikola |
| "depesiasian" for deposition |
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Peikola |
| "ite" for it |
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Peikola |
| Letter Forms |
Sample |
Editor |
| Note the form of r especially in word-final positions |
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Peikola |
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| 6 Manuscripts With This Hand: |
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| ID |
Title |
Hand |
Amount |
Editor |
| No. 87 | Deposition of Margaret Reddington v. Mary Esty | 1 |
### | Peikola |
| No. 225 | Warrant for the Apprehension of Elizabeth How | 3* |
### | Peikola |
| No. 412 | Ephraim Wilds for Sarah Wilds | 1* |
### | Peikola |
| No. 413 | Testimony of John Wilds & Ephraim Wilds for Sarah Wilds | 2* |
### | Peikola |
| No. 554 | Summons for Witnesses v. Mary Esty | 2* |
## | Burns |
| No. 579 | Summons of Mary Towne & Rebecca Towne | 2* |
### | 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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