Checkley: Salem Letterform Comparisons

Letterform Comparisons

Bb
	A secretary hand with a large repertory of capitals in that script: B ("Baly"), D ("Deposition"), G ("Graton"), H ("Henery"), K ("Knight"), L ("Lydia"), M ("Mil"), N ("Nicols"), P ("Philip"), T ("Thomas"), W ("Willard"). Of these the forms of G, P and W seem particularly distinctive	unidentified (Henery)
	In b (and h) the body of the letter is quite small and the looped ascender is more prominent, with a slant to the right	Simon Willard
	In capital B the vertical stem often extends above the rest of the letter	Thomas Newton
	Capital B with a �hook� in the upper left-hand corner	John Ballard
	A distinctive secretary B	Jonathan Biles
	The verticcal 'shaft' of capital B extends clearly above the body of the letter	Jonathan Putnam
	unique B	Unidentified (MMB #5)