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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Good morning,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m a novice cataloger of rare documents and have a
question for the much more knowledgable members of the list. I’m
cataloging an 18<sup>th</sup> century deed in which the letter which resembles “f”
is occasionally used where modern writers use “s.” For
example, the first line of this document reads, in part, “…In the
yeare of our Lord Chrift one thoufand Seven Hundred…” This is
the line we will be using for our title. In the 245 field in our MARC
record, my fellow cataloger and I are debating how to represent this
letter. Should we use our modern “f,” as I’ve done
above, since it most closely resembles the letter used at the time?
Should we replace that letter with “[s]” to designate what the
letter represents to the modern reader? Should we use an “s”
without brackets? And one more question: what is this letter
called? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks in advance for any and all help!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>Shannon Kupfer, Digital/Tangible Media Cataloger</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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