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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
We went to the Pearce Museum on the Navarro College Campus. They had letters from the Civil War. That was some beautiful cursive writing. Especially the cross hatch letters.
Cross hatch letters were written one way, then the paper was turned 90 degrees and then more was written.
Yes, it was readable.
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Here's an example of cross writing. This was mainly employed at the time because postage was charged per weight (and paper was expensive and possibly scarce).