Wow, a year and a half since my last post.  But I have an excuse: I was very busy finishing my dissertation! And then after that I was in a state of intellectual collapse.  I'm feeling better  now, though, thank you. Last week I was over at the Connecticut Historical Society, researching sermons (more on … Continue reading Advice from 1791

Nothing substantive to add today, just a couple of samples of a copyist's doodling from the United Colonies records.  No meeting-attender or student notetaker has ever done better, I'm sure. First up, an artistic paragraph border: Second, fun with flourishes: