Pennmanship and The art of writing
Today, when pennmanship is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and we type notes into our phones rather than write them by hand, we give little thought to handwriting.
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The Challenge of Quill Pens
A Touch of Quill and Ink: Regency Letter Writing
During the Regency era, writing letters, reading them, and sharing the news they contained was an essential part of social life, one largely slated for the women of the household.
Continue reading →The ‘Long S’
In my many tumbles down the research rabbit hole, I have ended up in a number of manuscripts published in the 1700s and 1800s with which I have a love-hate relationship. No small part of the hate in that love-hate relationship rests squarely upon the vexing character known as the ‘long s’.
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This morning I sat down and wrote out my grocery list, and made a couple of notes of which stores I would need to visit to acquire what the coming week would require. What would that chore have looked like in the Regency Era?
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