Volunteers deciphering first-person Revolutionary War accounts written in cursive
First publishedJul 16, 03:35 UTC
Last updatedJul 16, 05:12 UTC · 10m ago
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Americans are putting their cursive reading skills to work in service of their country. "Citizen archivists" are helping the National Archives transcribe some 2.5 million pages of handwritten Revolutionary War pension files.
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- Americans are putting their cursive reading skills to work in service of their country. "Citizen archivists" are helping the National Archives transcribe some 2.5 million pages of handwritten Revolutionary War pension files.
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- 1 outlet, average source rating 8.0/10.
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Volunteers deciphering first-person Revolutionary War accounts written in cursive
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