Secretary Hand Script – The Tool of Record Keepers for Centuries

SECRETARY HAND: “Basic advice for reading secretary hand: 1) Paleography is NOT an exact science. 2) Forget what modern letters look like. 3) Ignore modern spelling rules.” Challenging letters include: Letter ‘s’ can easily get lost in the word and, also, looks like ‘f’. Letter ‘h’ shows great variety. This is the symbol for letter […]