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Saturday, April 20, 2019

The Ledger Book

This is a small extract from a ledger book containing notes of sermons given at Bible House in the early 1890s. It is unique, one of a kind, and a new research resource. I need to identify the note taker. The handwriting is a bit familiar, but I'm uncertain of his/her identity. Can you identify the writer.


Maria Russell's handwriting from about 1915:

Do they match?

1 comment:

jerome said...

It would be great if it could be established that this was Maria's handwriting. The problem (for amateurs) is that people were "taught" handwriting in that era, so a lot of handwriting is similar, unlike today's keyboard generation where handwriting (when attempted) can only be described as "freestyle."