Salem Recorder Profile
Edward Payson |
Contributed by Peikola |
Minister in Rowley. |
Overview |
Editor |
An elaborate professional hand with a round general appearance |
Peikola |
Letter Forms |
Sample |
Editor |
For minuscule e both the modern closed variety and the open epsilon type are used |
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Peikola |
Ascender of d often ends in an elaborated loop |
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Peikola |
Punctuation |
Sample |
Editor |
Distinctive commas; semi-colon and full stop also in use |
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Peikola |
Apostrophe used to form possessives, eg "Pearley's" |
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Peikola |
Parentheses used |
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Peikola |
Abbreviations |
Sample |
Editor |
"sd" for said |
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Peikola |
"thô" for though (macron shaped as a caret) |
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Peikola |
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2 Manuscripts With This Hand: |
ID |
Title |
Hand |
Amount |
Editor |
No. 284 | Testimony of Samuel Phillips & Edward Payson for Elizabeth How | 2* |
### | Peikola |
No. 471 | Deposition of Mary Daniel v. Margaret Scott & Elizabeth Jackson | 1 |
#### | 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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