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Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Asylum sighting in Trenton
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Hi John,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 That's very interesting.=C2=A0 Ever since college,=
I print when I=20
write.=C2=A0 My cursive was not pretty and sometimes I didn't even know=C2=
=A0what=20
I wrote.=C2=A0 I (we all) took penmanship classes in grade school, but I=20
think as I wrote faster over the years, the writing got sloppier.=C2=A0 So =
I=20
just print.=C2=A0
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I don't know much about digital storage, but I've =
heard what you=20
are talking about.=C2=A0 I enjoy reading much more holding a=20
book/magazine/journal in my hands.=C2=A0 reading anything more than a few=20
pages on my computer makes my brain hurt.=C2=A0 And I can make notes in the=
=20
margins of a book.
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I have a Quarterman copy of Crosby that I use as a=
reference and=20
mark up the margins.=C2=A0 BUT, years ago I was able to obtain an original=
=20
Crosby in a nice binding.=C2=A0 When I=C2=A0get in the mood, I'll fire up a=
pot of=20
coffee and take out my 1875 Crosby and enjoy reading it.=C2=A0 There's=20
something about holding that old binding, the feel of the book, the=20
numismatists that used the book before me...=C2=A0 it brings me back to the=
=20
time period of those great numismatists of the 1800s
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 We are part of the most fun area ofnumismatics!
Ray
=C2=A0
=C2=A0
=C2=A0
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 05:48 PM, John Bolger reglob9@sbcglobal.net=20
[colonial-coins] wrote:
=C2=A0
=C2=A0
Ray,
Good thing we have folks like you around that can read =E2=80=9Ca handwritt=
en=20
manuscript.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0I heard a couple of University Archivists being=
=20
interviewed a few days ago and when asked for each to describe one of=20
the gems in their collections one of the Archivists mentioned a=20
handwritten note from Alexander Hamilton. =C2=A0Then she said that it was i=
n=20
small script so her students probably would have a difficult time=20
reading it because they can=E2=80=99t read cursive! I had heard that school=
s=20
were considering dropping the subject of cursive writing from their=20
curricula but didn=E2=80=99t realize that it was such an abrupt loss of the=
=20
skill.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Another Archivist also made the point that they were ve=
ry good at=20
preserving paper archives (NO acidic paper!!!) but not so good at=20
preserving digital material because of the natural electronic decay that=20
we have not yet learned to prevent or diminish. =C2=A0Just think, our=20
Colonial paper and coins may survive our modern high-tech digital=20
photos.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Keep producing stuff for us to enjoy reading, Ray. =C2=
=A0Maybe write out=20
your next publication in longhand to keep us in practice.
John =C2=A0
On Oct 20, 2015, at 2:51 PM, Ray Williams njraywms@optonline.net=20
<mailto:njraywms@optonline.net> [colonial-coins]=20
<colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com <mailto:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>=20
> wrote:
Hi Guys,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Yes, I wrote "Asylum", not "E-Sylum".=C2=A0 The E-=
Sylum is the free=C2=A0
weekly electronic=C2=A0publication that usually gets emailed on Sunday=C2=
=A0
nights.=C2=A0 =C2=A0The Asylum is the quarterly journal of the NBS (Numisma=
tic=C2=A0
Bibliomania Society).=C2=A0 The membership of NBS consists of those with a=
=C2=A0
passion for Numismatic Literature.=C2=A0 I find that the membership consist=
s=C2=A0
of those that do numismatic research, that write numismatic material,=C2=A0
collect numismatic literature or just enjoy their libraries.=C2=A0
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I enjoy my library and I joined the NBS years ago.=
=C2=A0 Well, for the=C2=A0
first time, I wrote a short article for the Asylum.=C2=A0 It was just two=
=C2=A0
pages in length and was on the topic of a handwritten manuscript I=C2=A0
studied at the ANS Library.=C2=A0 The editor David Yoon received my article=
=C2=A0
and liked it well enough to publish.=C2=A0 I have to tell you guys...=C2=A0=
it's=20
a=C2=A0
little more stressful writing for those who aren't (for the most part)=C2=
=A0
part of my colonial family.=C2=A0 Writing for the C4N, I just share things =
I=C2=A0
find fun, or I discover.=C2=A0 I figure that if I found it fun, other=C2=A0
colonial collectors would too.=C2=A0 And you guys know me.=C2=A0 The Asylum=
is=C2=A0
read by academics across the board in the hobby, and I was a little=C2=A0
nervous about making a submission.=C2=A0
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I received two emails from guys in the hobby that =
I really=20
respect,=C2=A0
and they were both very positive about my article.=C2=A0 What a great=20
feeling=C2=A0
it is to open an email like that!=C2=A0
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I'll stop rambling here and just encourage all of =
you to share the=C2=A0
fun you have in the hobby with others.=C2=A0 Write a few paragraphs, give a=
=C2=A0
presentation to a club, share collecting with young people.=C2=A0 Editors=20
for=C2=A0
any publication are always looking for more articles and new authors.=C2=A0
Have Fun!
Ray
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
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Hi John,</div><div> That's very interesting. =
Ever since college, I print when I write. My cursive was not pretty a=
nd sometimes I didn't even know what I wrote. I (we all) took pe=
nmanship classes in grade school, but I think as I wrote faster over the ye=
ars, the writing got sloppier. So I just print. </div><div>&nbs=
p; I don't know much about digital storage, but I've hear=
d what you are talking about. I enjoy reading much more holding a boo=
k/magazine/journal in my hands. reading anything more than a few page=
s on my computer makes my brain hurt. And I can make notes in the mar=
gins of a book.</div><div> I have a Quarterman copy=
of Crosby that I use as a reference and mark up the margins. BUT, ye=
ars ago I was able to obtain an original Crosby in a nice binding. Wh=
en I get in the mood, I'll fire up a pot of coffee and take out my 187=
5 Crosby and enjoy reading it. There's something about holding that o=
ld binding, the feel of the book, the numismatists that used the book befor=
e me... it brings me back to the time period of those great numismati=
sts of the 1800s</div><div> We are part of the most=
fun area ofnumismatics!</div><div>Ray</div><div style=3D"font-family: Verd=
ana;"><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>On Tue, Oct 20, 20=
15 at 05:48 PM, John Bolger reglob9@sbcglobal.net [colonial-coins] wrote:<d=
iv> </div><div> </div><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.=
8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(136, 136, 136); border-left-=
width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;">
<br><br>
Ray,<div>Good thing we have folks like you around that can read =E2=80=9Ca =
handwritten manuscript.=E2=80=9D I heard a couple of University Archi=
vists being interviewed a few days ago and when asked for each to describe =
one of the gems in their collections one of the Archivists mentioned a hand=
written note from Alexander Hamilton. Then she said that it was in sm=
all script so her students probably would have a difficult time reading it =
because they can=E2=80=99t read cursive! I had heard that schools were cons=
idering dropping the subject of cursive writing from their curricula but di=
dn=E2=80=99t realize that it was such an abrupt loss of the skill.</div><di=
v> Another Archivist also made the point that they were =
very good at preserving paper archives (NO acidic paper!!!) but not so good=
at preserving digital material because of the natural electronic decay tha=
t we have not yet learned to prevent or diminish. Just think, our Col=
onial paper and coins may survive our modern high-tech digital photos.</div=
><div> Keep producing stuff for us to enjoy reading, Ray=
. Maybe write out your next publication in longhand to keep us in pra=
ctice.</div><div>John <br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Oct =
20, 2015, at 2:51 PM, Ray Williams <a href=3D"mailto:njraywms@optonline.net=
">njraywms@optonline.net</a> [colonial-coins] <<a href=3D"mailto:colonia=
l-coins@yahoogroups.com">colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:</div=
><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div id=3D"ygrp-mlmsg" style=
=3D"font: 13px/normal Arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; text-transform: =
none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-sp=
ace: normal; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -web=
kit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div id=3D"ygrp-msg" style=3D"line-height: 1.2=
2em; z-index: 1;"><div id=3D"ygrp-text" style=3D"line-height: 1.22em; font-=
family: Georgia;"><p style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.22em;">Hi=
Guys,<br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;"> Yes, I wr=
ote "Asylum", not "E-Sylum". The E-Sylum is the free<span class=3D"Ap=
ple-converted-space"> </span><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">weekly=
electronic publication that usually gets emailed on Sunday<span class=
=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">=
nights. The Asylum is the quarterly journal of the NBS (Numisma=
tic<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style=3D"line-hei=
ght: 1.22em;">Bibliomania Society). The membership of NBS consists of=
those with a<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style=
=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">passion for Numismatic Literature. I find t=
hat the membership consists<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </sp=
an><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">of those that do numismatic research,=
that write numismatic material,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> =
;</span><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">collect numismatic literature or=
just enjoy their libraries. <br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;"> =
I enjoy my library and I joined the NBS years ago. =
Well, for the<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style=
=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">first time, I wrote a short article for the Asylu=
m. It was just two<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>=
<br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">pages in length and was on the topic of =
a handwritten manuscript I<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </spa=
n><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">studied at the ANS Library. The =
editor David Yoon received my article<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=
</span><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">and liked it well enough to=
publish. I have to tell you guys... it's a<span class=3D"Apple=
-converted-space"> </span><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">little mo=
re stressful writing for those who aren't (for the most part)<span class=3D=
"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">par=
t of my colonial family. Writing for the C4N, I just share things I<s=
pan class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style=3D"line-height: =
1.22em;">find fun, or I discover. I figure that if I found it fun, ot=
her<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style=3D"line-hei=
ght: 1.22em;">colonial collectors would too. And you guys know me.&nb=
sp; The Asylum is<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br sty=
le=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">read by academics across the board in the hobby=
, and I was a little<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br =
style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">nervous about making a submission. <br =
style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;"> I received two emai=
ls from guys in the hobby that I really respect,<span class=3D"Apple-conver=
ted-space"> </span><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">and they were bo=
th very positive about my article. What a great feeling<span class=3D=
"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">it =
is to open an email like that! <br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">&nbs=
p; I'll stop rambling here and just encourage all of you =
to share the<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style=3D=
"line-height: 1.22em;">fun you have in the hobby with others. Write a=
few paragraphs, give a<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><=
br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">presentation to a club, share collecting =
with young people. Editors for<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&=
nbsp;</span><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">any publication are always l=
ooking for more articles and new authors. <br style=3D"line-height: 1.=
22em;">Have Fun!<br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;">Ray<br style=3D"line-hei=
ght: 1.22em;"><br style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;"> <b=
r style=3D"line-height: 1.22em;"></p></div><div style=3D"height: 0px; color=
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quote></div><br></div>
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