I have been hearing that schools are no longer teaching cursive or script or joined-up writing, and I think it’s a shame. When you think about beautiful handwriting, you usually don’t think about someone’s printing skill, you think of their script, flowing and elegant.
As I was searching the archives at work today for an obscure physician who joined our membership in 1858, I saw so many gorgeous examples of old scripts.
There are thousands of cards in our card catalogue, many of them hand-written. 
I found old ledger books, beginning with our founding in 1799, 
where even the simplest of words are beautifully written.
Although the handwriting isn’t great, it was fun to come across an original copy of the nomination of one of my ancestors to be President of the organization where I now work. This would have been in the 1830’s or so.
These lists of our members from the early 1820’s are so beautifully written. 
All done by hand, with very few mistakes.
An interesting letter reporting someone practicing medicine without a license in 1818.
I still take pride in the fact that I have good handwriting, especially my cursive. Although I find myself writing less and less, I think it’s important to know how to write in print and cursive. Do you?
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