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For our ancestors who lived before the age of photography, their signature is often the closest we get to “seeing” them. Do you have a favorite ancestral “John Hancock”? 1/6 #NationalHandwritingDay
My favorite ancestor signature (at the moment) belongs to my 5th great-grandfather Thomas Kirk, who left his mark on the 1832 administrator’s bond from his son’s probate file. It’s simple and suggests a lot about his education and life. 2/6 #NationalHandwritingDay 
I also think about my great-grandfather Marion Lumpkins’ careful yet jittery signature from when he was 89. I knew him personally and have photos to remember him, but seeing his script conjures visceral memories of his mannerisms and personality. 3/6 #NationalHandwritingDay
Thomas Edison’s to-do list, 1888 #NationalHandwritingDay
Among Edison’s “things doing and to be done,”:
Cotton picker, new standard phonograph, deaf apparatus, electrical piano, artificial silk, marine telegraphy. chalk battery, ink for blind.
Among Edison’s “things doing and to be done,”:
Cotton picker, new standard phonograph, deaf apparatus, electrical piano, artificial silk, marine telegraphy. chalk battery, ink for blind.
Da Vinci's to-do list #NationalHandwritingDay
Calculate the measurement of Milan and Suburbs, discover the measurement of Corte Vecchio, get the master of arithmetic to show you how to square a triangle, draw Milan.
Calculate the measurement of Milan and Suburbs, discover the measurement of Corte Vecchio, get the master of arithmetic to show you how to square a triangle, draw Milan.
Henry VIII's love letter to Anne Boleyn, 1527 #NationalHandwritingDay
“written with the hand of him who wishes he were yours.”
“written with the hand of him who wishes he were yours.”
