[DCRM-L] Cataloging 18th-century colonial document - "f" in place of "s"

[Allison Rich]

Hi Stephen:

> Margaret's right, and I think Allison meant to type "... Christ" as well,
> just as she'd typed "thousand."
>   

Ooops, my bad!
Yes, I did mean to make it an "s" in Chrift.

> It isn't always easy to see, but the "s" and "f" are slightly different: the
> crossbar in the "f" goes all the way through. In the long "s" there's either
> no bar at all, or there's a spur on one side only.
>   

It isn't always the easiest thing to spot but, with practice, you won't 
even have to
think about them much any more.

Good luck, and thanks for catching my mistake, Stephen.

~Allison

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"Outside of a dog, 
a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog, 
it's too dark to read. 
- Groucho Marx"

Allison Rich
Catalogue Librarian
John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
Allison_Rich at brown.edu

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