Butler Records - Part 2

Considering that pens were made by hand, and type had to be set up laboriously in print shops, how did the eighteenth century come to be so prolix? You'd think the technology would enourage brevity, but no. Take this short extract from a letter to my great*4 grandfather Weeden from his younger brother (and near anagram) Edwin. Note that, at the time, Weeden was 21, and Edwin 19.

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Butler Records - Part 2

Considering that pens were made by hand, and type had to be set up laboriously in print shops, how did the eighteenth century come to be so prolix? You'd think the technology would enourage brevity, but no. Take this short extract from a letter to my great*4 grandfather Weeden from his younger brother (and near anagram) Edwin. Note that, at the time, Weeden was 21, and Edwin 19.

( Have teenagers really changed much? )

( A Pox Party? )

( Another Encounter with the French Navy )