Need Help Reading Handwriting

Started by Private User on Saturday, May 18, 2013

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Private User

5/18/2013 at 1:28 PM

I have two handwriting samples from the late 1800s that I need some help deciphering. Both are from American Civil War pension files

For this first one, I can't make out all of the red writing: http://i.imgur.com/0nkOwGQ.png

For this next one, they've already helpfully underlined the medical malady I can't make out: http://i.imgur.com/fKAOYkW.png

Do we think it's "Scarlatina" or "Scorbutus" (or something else)? I'm thinking it's the latter because that seems to be an "s" on the end, but I'm not positive because the "t" didn't quite cross. Antiquus Morbus doesn't give any other good suggestions, and my first guess is "Scorbulias" doesn't exist. :)

Private User

5/18/2013 at 1:29 PM

(Also, please feel free to use this post as a place to share your own requests for help with handwriting! Having a dedicated spot might make sense.)

Private User

5/18/2013 at 2:03 PM

Here's another example...can you tell I just received a National Archives package in the mail today? :)

http://i.imgur.com/uGCk2ub.png

"The [claimant? ... ...] William Town had a [prior?] marriage."

I'm not sure if that's "claimant" because it looks like a "ch-" to me. Also, this is from William's widow's pension files, so I don't think they'd still be calling him the claimant?

Remi Trygve Pedersen C

5/19/2013 at 2:58 PM

The diagnosis is Scorbulius. I think it has to be common to Scorbutus which is deficiency of Vitamin C.

I'm not able to read the red text in your first example either, but I think it is written by another person at a later time.

The last I read ch in the beginning.

Private User

5/19/2013 at 5:41 PM

I think David Prins and I were able to figure out that http://i.imgur.com/uGCk2ub.png says "Neither the claimant nor William Town had a prior marriage." It makes sense in context, so we're going with it.

For the diagnosis one, I'm leaning towards "Scorbutus," since that's the medical term for scurvy (as you noted) and I found a separate record saying that the person had scurvy while stationed in Florida during the Civil War.

http://i.imgur.com/0nkOwGQ.png is definitely still a mystery. :(

Anyone else have tricky handwriting that needs another pair of eyes?

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