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Salem Recorder Profile

Robert Pike Contributed by Peikola
Magistrate of the Court of Oyer & Terminer
Sample(s):
Source Image
ecca1179 Sample of the Scribal Hand of Robert Pike
ecca1179 Robert Pike's Signature

Description:
Orthography Sample Editor
"shee" for she   Peikola
"thay" for they   Peikola
"deposion" for deposition   Peikola
Letter Forms Sample Editor
minuscule p prominent in size; majuscule form P used rarely, mostly in proper names (eg "Pike")   Peikola
minuscule g has a horizontal cross-stroke   Peikola
word-internal and word-final minuscule c resembles minuscule t   Peikola
ampersand prominent in size, resembles a large modern minuscule e   Peikola
Punctuation Sample Editor
parentheses in frequent use   Peikola
blank spaces indicate thematic shifts corresponding to new paragraphs   Peikola
Abbreviations Sample Editor
p¥ in frequent use, eg "p¥ticulerly" for particularly   Peikola
superscript letters in "wch", "wt" and "wr" tend to be written directly above the main letter.   Peikola
long macron in frequent use, eg Gr$a$n$ for Grand   Peikola

17 Manuscripts With This Hand:
ID Title Hand Amount Editor
No. 139Deposition of Bernard Peach v. Susannah Martin1* ####Peikola
No. 140Deposition of William Brown v. Susannah Martin1* ####Peikola
No. 141Testimony and Deposition of John Pressy v. Susannah Martin1* ####Peikola
No. 142Deposition of John Pressy & Mary Pressy v. Susannah Martin1* ###Peikola
No. 148Deposition of Jarvis Ring v. Susannah Martin1* ####Peikola
No. 149Deposition of Jarvis Ring v. Susannah Martin and Deposition of Joseph Ring v. Susannah Martin & Thomas Hardy1* #####Peikola
No. 159Deposition of John Kimball v. Susannah Martin1* ####Peikola
No. 160Deposition of John Kimball v. Susannah Martin1* ####Peikola
No. 193Deposition of Bernard Peach v. Susannah Martin1* ###Peikola
No. 311Deposition of John Allen v. Susannah Martin1* ####Peikola
No. 324Summons for Witnesses v. Susannah Martin2 ##Peikola
No. 374Depositions of Robert Downer, Mary Andrews, & Moses Pike v. Susannah Martin1* ####Peikola
No. 431Petition in Support of Mary Bradbury2 #Grund
No. 439Testimony of Thomas Bradbury for Mary Bradbury2 ##Grund
No. 571Testimony of James Allen, Robert Pike & John Pike for Mary Bradbury2* ###Grund
No. 572Deposition of William Carr for Mary Bradbury1 ###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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