Burritt Stiles, Left-handed writing sample submitted to penmanship competition for amputees, civil war soldiers,1867
From Kaminski Handwriting Collection
Burritt Stiles, Left-handed writing sample submitted to penmanship competition for amputees, civil war soldiers,1867
No. 1
West Meridan Conn.
Wm Oland. Bourne.
Editor of the Soldiers Friend
No. 12 Centre St.
N.Y.
Dear Sir. You will see by this that
I am trying for the Prize of fifty dollars,
by sending you a specimen of my left hand
Penmanship, and in doing so give you you
a sketch of how I was unfortunate , and
lost my right arm, while a soldier in
Uncle Sams Army.
Writer
- Burritt Stiles
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- Date written
- 1867
- Paper
- cm x cm in x in
- Pen
- black
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- Penmanship Style
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- Collection
- Library of Congress
- Links
- U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health, exhibition [1]
- File name
- Stiles Burritt 18xx-0x-0x
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