Alejandro Milberg wrote: > An indenture dated 1712 has a few instances of an abbreviation that looks > like a "w" with a taller final tail. One instance is in what I assume > means > "Sealed and delivered" - the last word is written "deli(w)ed" - is this > an > abbreviation for "ver"? I'd guess that's a 'v' followed by an abbreviation mark standing for 'er'. You can see some illustrations of this mark (albeit from much earlier documents) here (number 3): http://www.bibliographics.com/PALAEOG-lite/HECTOR.htm Chris Phillips