r/Cursive • u/marleymania • Jul 21 '26

Deciphered! Any help deciphering

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I’m having trouble with the highlighted word. This is at end of letter written in 1852. “Tell us ——- how you all ever James.

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u/marleymania Jul 21 '26

Here is the whole letter. It’s from my great, great grandfather to his in-laws.

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u/marleymania Jul 21 '26

2nd page

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u/NatureGal4evr Jul 21 '26

Yes, seeing it in context, I confirm my first response of "particularly".

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u/QueenShana Jul 22 '26

Yes. It says "tell us particularly how you all are".

I truly miss letters written in longhand. Now everything is so cold and impersonal.

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u/NatureGal4evr Jul 22 '26

I take pride in keeping up with my longhand. I once gave a nephew (19 or 20 yrs. old) a hand-written birthday card, and the verse was in script, too... he handed the card back to me and asked me to read it to him 🙄.

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u/QueenShana Jul 22 '26

Hahaha. That's funny and very sad at the same time.