. The key to the family deed chest : how to decipher and study old documents : being a guide to the reading of ancient manuscripts. iting was a profession, and, as late as the six-teenth century, when it was necessary to com-municate with persons at a distance, a professionalscribe was employed to write the letter. But letter-writing was rare, and did not become generaltill after the sixteenth century; even then it wasrestricted to the upper classes of society. I Chapter IV. given a brief account of the paperused in England. Letter or post paper wasmade of a square, uniform sheet, folded
. The key to the family deed chest : how to decipher and study old documents : being a guide to the reading of ancient manuscripts. iting was a profession, and, as late as the six-teenth century, when it was necessary to com-municate with persons at a distance, a professionalscribe was employed to write the letter. But letter-writing was rare, and did not become generaltill after the sixteenth century; even then it wasrestricted to the upper classes of society. I Chapter IV. given a brief account of the paperused in England. Letter or post paper wasmade of a square, uniform sheet, folded ; it wasknown as Pot paper, from its water-mark. Thisvaried slightly, the jug or water-pot being muchmore elaborate in some examples. It came prin-cipally from abroad, either the Low Countries orGermany; each separate factory very likely Old Letters. 133 adopted a distinct shape; the makers initialsare to be found upon the band across the pot,but are difficult to read. The three following marks are taken from someold letters, and are good types of their kind. The writing of old letters I have placed after (1561) (1563) (1623).
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