For a detailed discussion of this in colonial and early national America see Thornton(1996) Handwriting in America, Yale Univ. Press. Deborah Keller-Cohen Ph: (734) 677-3420 Professor of Linguistics Fax: (734) 936-3406 Program in Linguistics E-Mail: dkc at umich.edu 1076 Frieze Building University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI. 48109-1285