Identity area
Reference code
HOUG/H/C/2/3
Title
Handwriting specimens, presumably Stuart's 'New Mathematical System of Writing'
Date(s)
- [early 19th cent?] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Blue paper folded cover, with one slip of paper originally pasted to inside front leaf; another slip of paper with the same text copied out. One further slip.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Text of first specimen begins 'An extensive contemplation of human affairs will lead to this conclusion that among the different conditions and ranks of men the balance of happiness is preserved in a great measure equal' [from The hive of modern… read more
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Found with the printed broadside advertising Mr Stuart's 'New Mathematical System of Writing', HOUG/HC/2/1, and presumably examples of the 'Numerous Specimens' which can be obtained on application. See also HOUG/HC/2/2.