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Salem Recorder Profile

Ezekiel Cheever Contributed by Burns
Member of the Salem Village Church; official note-taker in early examinations
Sample(s):
Source Image
ecca1011 Sample of the Scribal Hand of Ezekiel Cheever
ecca1137 Ezekiel Cheever's Signature

Description:
Orthography Sample Editor
"a fraid" for afraid   Burns
"doe" for do   Burns
"shee" for she   Burns
"goe" for go   Burns
"Titibe" for Titbua   Burns
Letter Forms Sample Editor
Miniscule c looks more like an r (See Tannenbaum p. 34, No.5.2)   Burns
Miniscule k has ascender which arcs right. (See Tannenbaum p. 50, No. 3.1)   Burns

7 Manuscripts With This Hand:
ID Title Hand Amount Editor
No. 3Examinations of Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn & Tituba, as Recorded by Ezekiel Cheever1 #####Burns
No. 18Deposition of Ezekiel Cheever & Edward Putnam v. Martha Cory1 #####Burns
No. 63Examination of Bridget Bishop, as Recorded by Ezekiel Cheever1* #####Burns
No. 272Physical Examinations of the Bodies of John Procter & John WillardS*  Grund
No. 302Deposition of Benjamin Wilkins, John Wilkins & Nathaniel Richardson v. John Willard1 ###Grund
No. 333Testimony of William Batten, William Shaw & Deborah Shaw v. Sarah Good1 ###Burns
No. 334Deposition of Sarah Bibber v. Sarah Good1 ###Burns
(?) 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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