Salem Recorder Profile
| James How, Sr. (?) |
Contributed by Peikola |
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| Overview |
Editor |
| An upright hand with very few cursive features. In RH’s & MP’s batch found only in a statement signed in the same hand by James How Sr. The alleged high age of the deponent (94!) makes the identification of the scribe as James How Sr himself somewhat doubtful. |
Peikola |
| Orthography |
Sample |
Editor |
| "infurmity" for infirmity |
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Peikola |
| "Respact" for Respect |
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Peikola |
| "differans" for difference |
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Peikola |
| "Sarue" for Serve |
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Peikola |
| Letter Forms |
Sample |
Editor |
| For minuscule e both the modern closed form and the open epsilon variety are used |
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Peikola |
| A distinctive secretary k |
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Peikola |
| Minuscule s sometimes looks like a small ampersand |
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Peikola |
| Punctuation |
Sample |
Editor |
| In both abbreviations listed below the abbreviated word is followed by a rare punctuation mark which appears as a colon + a raised period (: .) |
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Peikola |
| Abbreviations |
Sample |
Editor |
| "senr" for senior |
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Peikola |
| "Junr" for Junior |
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Peikola |
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| 1 Manuscript With This Hand: |
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| ID |
Title |
Hand |
Amount |
Editor |
| No. 341 | Statement of James How Sr., for Elizabeth How | 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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