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TranscribeNC Transcription Training: Colonial Court Records
by Diane L Richard
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Today’s Plan
Q&A
Pop Quiz
TranscribeNC
Fundamentals
Colonial Court
Hands-On
Colonial Court Quirks
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Experience Level as a Transcriber
Attendees
Some Personal
Genealogy Publication
Good Practices
Colonial Court Record Idiosynacracies
Differences Between Offline & Online
TranscribeNC Idiosyncracies
Never
Advanced Pro
Online Project
Refresher
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Stylistic Choices+ Technical Limitations
(NOT easily capable of all WYSIWYG options)
+ Ease for Transcriber (NO complex coding, e.g., <sup> text
</sup> )
= TranscribeNC Preferences
<sup> text </sup><sup> text </sup>
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Keys to Transcribing“General”
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Do EXACTLY as you see
Do NOT interpret
Keys
Do NOT normalize spelling; keep spelling AS IS
Do include EVERYTHING
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Keys (cont’d)
Do NOT assume that words/names are spelled the same throughout a document
It is not unusual for a signature to also show a DIFFERENT spelling; document “as seen”
Spelling & names NOT standardized!
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Keys (cont’d)
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Keys (cont’d)
This does NOT just happen with forenames and surnames!
Have seen legal terms and other words spelled DIFFERENTLY in one document written by one author.
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Keys (cont’d)
A single list may have MULTIPLE name spellings – maybe different authors in a then combined document?
Keeping a list of name, place and word VARIANTS can prove helpful
McKenzee, McKensey, McKenzie, McKenzy, McKincey, McKincy, McKinsie, McKinsey, McKinsie, McKinsey, MacKenzie, MaKenzie, MacKynzie, Makensie, McKenzeigh, Macenzie, Mickenzie, etc.
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Keys (cont’d)
Many names and words were written PHONETICALLY [NO standardized spelling]
State Archives of North Carolina, Style Guide: A Reference for Reading Historic Documents
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Keys (cont’d)
BOILERPLATE language (aka repeated formal language) can be a great place to start because of the repetition of the same words, phrases, sentences, and sometimes whole paragraphs
Has someone already transcribed the same type of document?
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Keys (cont’d)
Everyone writes a little DIFFERENTLY even if taught the same way; now imagine taught differently
Even spelling used in “boilerplate” content is NOT consistent for an author or across authors
Condison instead of Condition
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Keys (cont’d)
State Archives of North Carolina, Style Guide: A Reference for Reading Historic Documents
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Keys (cont’d)
State Archives of North Carolina, Style Guide: A Reference for Reading Historic Documents
Recognize that many forenames and legal terms
were abbreviated and/or
“superscripting” was used
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Keys (cont’d)
State Archives of North Carolina, Style Guide: A Reference for Reading Historic Documents
superior-letter aka superscriptingLike today, NOT everyone used the SAME
abbreviations, shorthand notations, and/or superscripted letters! Many did and highly dependent on how and by whom educated.
VARIETY truly was “the spice of life.”
FREQUENT in Colonial Court Records!
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Keys (cont’d)
Superscripted letters e.g., Jno, Alexr, Esqr, Capn , decd, honble, agt, judgt
Option 1: Recreate as – decd, honble
Option 2: Spell out (often with italics to indicate added letters) – deceased, honorable
Option 3: Silently drop – decd, honbleOption 4: Spell out if you can, otherwise use ?? if you don’t know, e.g. deceased or dec?d
For TranscribeNC use Option #4
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Do NOT “repeat” words where you see Ditto, Do, Do, or “ “ [do as is]
Keys (cont’d)
Jas [Jos?] Jones or J?s Jones
There can be MULTIPLE ways to “accurately” represent what we are transcribing
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Keys (cont’d)
WATCH for tails of letters interfering with words above (e.g. cursive “l”) or below (e.g. “g”)
Be AWARE of flourishes on the ends of words, which may first appear to be an ‘e’ or ‘s’
Some people just had to write ornately!
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Keys (cont’d)
1880 Federal Census – Mortality Schedule
Maybe “H”? [how indexed on Ancestry.com] or “K”?
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Keys (cont’d)
1860 Federal Census – Mortality Schedule
Now we can see that an “R”
Surname is typically Ring(g)old though written here as Ranggoold
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Keys (cont’d)
Do keep “CREATIVE PUNCTUATION” or LACK THEREOF as you see it
Keep CAPITALIZATION or LACK THEREOF as you see it
Typically
PUNCTUATION – ADD modern periods; DON’T add commas and apostrophes
CAPITALIZATION – MODERNIZE for readability
For TranscribeNCIf unsure DEFAULT to IGNORING
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Keys (cont’d)
Capitalization> Use of capitals where we would not> Not capitalize (aka use “lower case” names and proper words like we do today)
Saith That Plea Such Priviledge BecauseNot at beginning of a sentence nor a proper noun and so do as saith that plea such priviledge because
https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll38/id/7337/rec/2
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Keys (cont’d)
PunctuationOften missing –periods, commas and apostrophes
Not one bit of punctuation!
My NCGS Journal proofreaders would fire me!
https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll38/id/7337/rec/2
Though, ignoring the handwriting and the density of material, they read fairly straightforward
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Do indicate EXACTLY how someone signed – signature, mark as an “X”, another type of mark, etc
Keys (cont’d)
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Keys (cont’d)
Abram (his “A” mark) Abbot
his
abram A abbotmark
his
Abraham abbottmark
Abraham (his “angled A” mark) Abbott
NOT an option in TranscribeNC
NOT an option in TranscribeNC
NOTE: both used “lower case a” for surname
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Keys (cont’d)
For TranscribeNC DO include “seal” as (seal)
Most effective way to indicate an original signature or mark
Jos Lane (seal) Abraham (his “A” mark) Abbott (seal)
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Keys (cont’d)
What is the “name?” [1782]
Clerk says “R[e]uben”
What do you say? Maybe Saben? Laben?
Unusual handwriting of Ruben??
Signatures present unique challenges – may not be repeated
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Keys (cont’d)
Any handwriting can be IDIOSYNCRATIC
Some words, phrases may NOT be able to be transcribed
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Do INDICATE document issues leading to unreadable text, e.g. [illegible] [torn] [faded] [splotch] [punch] [hole]
Keys (cont’d)
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Sometimes we see where the author has put text (INSERTED TEXT) above or off to the right or left of where it “should have” been placed
Keys (cont’d)
On the Comptrolers ^ (Books) and he ^ (is) informed that Henry
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Keys to Transcribing“Colonial”
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Do KEEP the “long s” -- often looks like an ornate “f” next to an s and is the equivalent of what ss is to us today …Afsembly = AssemblyAfsefsor = AssessorAcrofs = AcrossIfsued = Issued
Long s = f
Typically
For TranscribeNC
Convert to modern spelling using “ss”
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Long s = f
Handwritten
Typed
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Long s = f (cont’d)
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Long s = f
Use continues into the late 1800s! 1860 Orange Co [NC]
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I vs J
J didn’t really exist until modern times; so, often NOT differentiated from the letter I
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I vs J
Many individuals whose forename started with “J” (e.g., Joseph, John, Joel, Jesse, etc.) seemed to sign with a mark that look like an “I” with a line through it. Possibly a version of an early “J” [J with a stroke]
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TranscribeNC
When you see this “mark,” and definitely if associated with a name that starts with “J” (e.g., Joseph, John, Joel, Jesse, etc.), indicate by putting …
Joseph (his “J with stroke” mark) Lane Junior
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Often mistaken for the letter “y” actually represents the “th” sound
Thorn
State Archives of North Carolina, Style Guide: A Reference for Reading Historic Documents
For TranscribeNCWrite as “Ye”
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Dashes at end of line
Dashes added at the end of lines to fill the space [kind of what we do when writing personal checks; prevents extra words being added later]
For TranscribeNCDo NOT include these dashes
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Secretary Hand
Secretary Hand via FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/blog/cms/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/11/English-Secretary-Hand-Alphabet-Examples.jpg
Secretary Hand Prevalent in 16th & 17th centuries; does NOT mean that it disappeared from use!
Full chart amongst resource materials provided
Not the only “hand/style” to be used in colonial times
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Strategies
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Initially just LOOK at the document and see how much you can read
Strategies
Are OTHER documents authored by the same person? Maybe more legible?!?!
Look BEYOND letter/word you cannot read (aka “skip”); might be found elsewhere in an easy to read/ understand context
Don’t spend too LONG or get FRUSTRATED! Stop, take a break (hours, days), revisit, repeat a few times & eventually satisfied or “done”
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Strategies
Used with permission of Chris Bryan who is publishing a Civil War history with Savas Beatie, www.savasbeatie.com, tentatively scheduled for 2021.
Samuel Crawford, “Address to 1st Brigade,” Union Battle Reports, 1861-1865 (Trifolded Segment) Unpublished, Vols. 11-13 (Box 4), Record Group 94, National Archives Records Administration.
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Strategies
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Strategies
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Strategies
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Strategies (cont’d)
Use other material to facilitate+ For example – for a 1786 petition, look at the 1790 census+ For an 1891 document, maybe you can access a deed index?+ Research geography, county officialsnames & positions, etc
Read the document out loud and try to sound out the word exactly as written
For TranscribeNCUse provided reference material; NOT required to do more
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Keys (cont’d)
Alternately, some letters are VISUALLY SIMILAR and when combined with handwriting idiosyncrasies can challenge us …L and SJ and TK and Ra and e and ou and vm and wEtc.
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The Future
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Cutting edge auto indexing project [using 1930 US census] shows VARIABILITY in hand-writing for one surname
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Handwritten Text Recognition –project based on 22 characters from John Quincy Adams Papers.
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Meaning we are not yet close to a machine accurately transcribing handwritten documents.
We need YOU!
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Concluding Thoughts
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“Transcribe what you SEE and not what you ought to see”
RELAX
Don’t be afraid to SKIP around; you do NOT have to go linearly!
We often want to be exact and correct, but transcribing
documents is an INEXACT process
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You will NOT be graded
Someone else WILL review anything you have a question
about
Have FUN! This is not meant to be a chore! If not having fun or being
positively challenged – STOP or switch to another document
Cannot read or illegible -- find ANOTHER!
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Work on the EASIER to read elements FIRST (low hanging-fruit)
& then go back to challenging letters, words, expressions
PARTNER with someone – virtually or in-person
We will NOT always be able to figure everything out!
You WILL get better & it WILL get easier with practice
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ASK questions
INSERT comments/observations
DON’T become paralyzed or stressed
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AVOID GUESSINGeducated deductions of
subscripted words & names acceptable
DON’T FORGETUse brackets [ xxx ] to make clear
content you have added that is NOT in the original document
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ANYTHING you transcribe will make AVAILABLE to researchers
something NOT previously accessible
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Resources
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Provided
1. Transcription Samples_Transcribathon2. Reading Handwriting_Transcribathon3. Tips for Reading Handwritten Documents_NSW State Archives4. NHM_Palaeography_Guide_20145. Misspellings and Misnomers in the Archives_The Case of Simon (LVA)6. Handwriting Helps – FamilySearch.org 7. How to Read 18th Century British-American Writing8. 5 Tips for Deciphering Old Handwriting 9. 17th Century Handwriting 10. Wiggle and squiggles
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1. [provided] Transcribing –Let’s Be Accurate, by Diane L. Richard, Your Genealogy Today, July/August 2017
2. [FYI] [New] ($) National Genealogical Society courses
1. Reading Old Handwriting
2. Transcribing, Extracting, and Abstracting Genealogical Records
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FYI
https://script.byu.edu/
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FYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDPVl7yFaSE
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FYI https://www.georgiaarchives.org/online_exhibits/handwriting
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FYI
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FYI
Blacks Law Dictionary, 2nd edition (public domain)https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Dictionary_of_Law/jLtDAQAAMAAJ
Use to CONFIRM that a combination of letters “is” a legal term or SPELL OUT the legal term Fi[eri] fa[cias]
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FYI
The North Carolina Gazetter via NCPediahttps://ncpedia.org/gazetteer
NOT comprehensive
and a good place to start
If you are seeking HISTORICAL
CONTEXT start here
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FYI
North Carolina Government, 1585-1979Via North Carolina Digital Collections, https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll9/id/455988
Might help IDENTIFY the names of officials that you come across mentioned in or authoring documents
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Examples are all from …
Colonial Court: Court of Chancery, 1689-1775
https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll38/id/7337/rec/2
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How would you transcribe this?
Please use “chat” feature to answer
AnswerExample of long tailed s though NOT as ss
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How would you transcribe this?
Please use “chat” feature to answer
This ^[bill] bindethExample of inserted text; e as slightly open version of o
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How would you transcribe this?
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Bein[g] [torn]end [torn] in
Example of damaged document
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How would you transcribe this?
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ye
Examples of thorn
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How would you transcribe this?
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to given evidence in a cause
Example of modernizing capitalization
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Transcription PracticeColonial Court Records (CCR)
Please use “chat” feature to answer
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Real-Time Practice
Let’s now transcribe the upper section – line by line
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Real-Time Practice
To the honorable Court of ChanceryTo the hon?ble Court of Chancery
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Real-Time Practice
Bill of CompltBill of Compl[ain]t
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Real-Time Practice
The [illegible] of Cap?tn John Harklefield
The Humble Petition of Captain John Harklefield
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Real-Time Practice
Humbly Showeth to yo?r hon?rs
Humbly Showeth to your honors
Judgment call on Showeth …
Author writes almost identical versions of letters o & e; familiarity with author and this word suggests this spelling
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Real-Time Practice
Let’s now transcribe the lower section – blank by blank
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Real-Time Practice
Take a moment and just look
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Real-Time Practice
That [blank1] the honorable Landgrave Davis ?at ^[x] [crossed out word] Gen[er]allCourt held for this province this [blank2] Tuesday in July [blank2] past obtained a [blank3] [blank 4] [blank 5] [blank 6] for the Ballance of an –[blank 7] [blank 8] was obtained [blank 4] ^[him] because there was an Error in the --
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Real-Time Practice
That [who was] the honorable Landgrave Davis ?at ^[x] [crossed out word] Gen[er]allCourt held for this province this [blank2] Tuesday in July [blank2] past obtained a [blank3] [blank 4] [blank 5] [blank 6] for the ballance of an –[blank 7] [blank 8] was obtained [blank 4] ^[him] because there was an Error in the --
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Real-Time Practice
That [who was] the honorable Landgrave Davis ?at ^[x] [crossed out word] Gen[er]allCourt held for this province this [last] Tuesday in July [last] past obtained a [blank3] [blank 4] [blank 5] [blank 6] for the ballance of an –[blank 7] [blank 8] was obtained [blank 4] ^[him] because there was an Error in the --
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Real-Time Practice
That [who was] the honorable Landgrave Davis ?at ^[x] [crossed out word] Gen[er]allCourt held for this province this [last] Tuesday in July [last] past obtained a [judgment] [blank 4] [blank 5] [blank 6] for the ballance of an –[blank 7] [blank 8] was obtained [blank 4] ^[him] because there was an Error in the --
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Real-Time Practice
That [who was] the honorable Landgrave Davis ?at ^[x] [crossed out word] Gen[er]allCourt held for this province this [last] Tuesday in July [last] past obtained a [judgment] [against] [blank 5] [blank 6] for the ballance of an –[blank 7] [blank 8] was obtained [against] ^[him] because there was an Error in the --
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Real-Time Practice
That [who was] the honorable Landgrave Davis ?at ^[x] [crossed out word] Gen[er]allCourt held for this province this [last] Tuesday in July [last] past obtained a [judgment] [against] [your] [blank 6] for the ballance of an –[blank 7] [blank 8] was obtained [against] ^[him] because there was an Error in the --
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Real-Time Practice
That [who was] the honorable Landgrave Davis ?at ^[x] [crossed out word] Gen[er]allCourt held for this province this [last] Tuesday in July [last] past obtained a [judgment] [against] [your] [orator or [illegible]] for the ballance of an –[blank 7] [blank 8] was obtained [against] ^[him] because there was an Error in the --
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Real-Time Practice
That [who was] the honorable Landgrave Davis ?at ^[x] [crossed out word] Gen[er]allCourt held for this province this [last] Tuesday in July [last] past obtained a [judgment] [against] [your] [orator or [illegible]] for the ballance of an –[A?ot [amount] [blank 8] was obtained [against] ^[him] because there was an Error in the --
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Real-Time Practice
That [who was] the honorable Landgrave Davis ?at ^[x] [crossed out word] Gen[er]allCourt held for this province this [last] Tuesday in July [last] past obtained a [judgment] [against] [your] [orator or [illegible]] for the ballance of an –[A?ot [amount]] [which] was obtained [against] ^[him] because there was an Error in the --
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Real-Time Practice
That [who was] the honorable Landgrave Davis ?at ^[x] [crossed out word] Gen[er]allCourt held for this province this [last] Tuesday in July [last] past obtained a [judgment] [against] [your] [orator or [illegible]] for the Ballance of an –[A?ot [amount]] [which] was obtained [against] ^[him] because there was an Error in the --
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Practice
1st letter a “b” based on “be paid”
2nd & 7th letters an “e” based on “never”
3rd letter a “c” based on “justice” and “Chancery”
because
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Practice
2nd letter an “e” based on “never”
Ornate tail on “n”
Appears to have left off “er”
Gen[er]all
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