Resources
PRINT has multiple resources to assist in transcribing letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially for our handwritten English letters. We are actively working to expand our resources beyond our English letters, so be sure to check back as we update with more resources.
English/Quaker Letters Transcription Manual
PRINT has created a transcription manual for the English language Quaker letters in the portal. This transcription manual provides transcription guidelines, and materials to assist in transcribing.
Talks & Presentations
In this instructional video series, the PRINT team explains how to understand and read seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English handwriting. Through the letters of Phineas Pemberton, an English Quaker shopkeeper who migrated to Pennsylvania in the 1680s, viewers will learn the methods of paleography. The videos present helpful tips and tricks for how to identify dated characters/symbols, discern illegible words by building context, read different dating systems, and accurately record transcribed data according to modern editorial standards.
You can access the playlist of this series by clicking here.
PRINT’s Results
PRINT is excited and eager to share information and results from our project. Please see our results page to learn about our publications, presentations, and more.