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<p>[QUOTE="Joshua Brown, post: 247680, member: 3615"]I don't know anything about that but that seems like a much more reasonable date. I'm not convinced this is 18th century and I'll give a few reasons why:</p><p>1: The writing style looks fairly modern (I would think no earlier than 1850)</p><p>2: It looks from the photos to be written in pencil, pencils were not commonly used till the very end of the 18th century</p><p>3: The type of paper does not look terribly old</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joshua Brown, post: 247680, member: 3615"]I don't know anything about that but that seems like a much more reasonable date. I'm not convinced this is 18th century and I'll give a few reasons why: 1: The writing style looks fairly modern (I would think no earlier than 1850) 2: It looks from the photos to be written in pencil, pencils were not commonly used till the very end of the 18th century 3: The type of paper does not look terribly old :)[/QUOTE]
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