THE ATHENAEUMThe Key to the Family Deed ChestEmma Elizabeth Thoyts
Ciphers
The Key to the Family Deed Chest
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textA guide to reading the old papers a family keeps, its deeds, wills and court rolls, written in hands and abbreviations that look like a cipher to anyone who has not learned them. Miss Thoyts teaches the letters one by one, with facsimiles. Most of what looks unreadable is only unfamiliar; the manuscript on the lectern is the rare exception.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 2 hours
- Where to find it
- The Restricted Catalogue
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #67771. In the public domain in the United States.