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Dudley Bradstreet Contributed by Burns
Magistrate
Sample(s):
Source Image
B25 Sample of the Scribal Hand of Dudley Bradstreet
B25 Dudley Bradstreet's Signature

Description:
Orthography Sample Editor
"att" for at   Burns
almost all words spelled properly   Burns
Letter Forms Sample Editor
Miniscule d has ascender which spirals in on itself to the left   Burns
Uses the 'epsilon' form for e/E (See Tannenbaum p. 38, No. 4)   Burns
"ff" for F   Burns
Q like an O with a long sweeping curl added underneath toward the right (See Tannenbaum p. 111, No. 5.9)   Burns
Punctuation Sample Editor
use of colons throughout text in abbreviations as well as where commas might otherwise be called for   Burns
Abbreviations Sample Editor
"ye" for the   Burns
"&c:" for et cetera   Burns

5 Manuscripts With This Hand:
ID Title Hand Amount Editor
No. 445Warrant for the Apprehension of Mary Post1* ###Grund
No. 450Complaint of Robert Swan & John Swan v. Mary Clark2* ##Grund
No. 451Warrant for the Apprehension of Mary Clark1* ###Grund
No. 510Warrant for the Apprehension of Frances Hutchins & Ruth Wilford1* ###Grund
No. 513Warrant for the Apprehension of William Barker Sr., Mary Marston & Mary Barker1* ###Grund
(?) 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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