“Oh my god, I can’t read this,” I thought when they initially emailed me a PDF. I became anxious. But it becomes easier the more you do them,” she remarked.
On March 15, 1781, Ritter was working on pension papers for troops who had fought in the Battle of Guildford Courthouse during the Revolutionary War.
She considers the significance of discovering something so ancient about a family member as she works.
She claims that while she used to take great satisfaction in her flawless handwriting, now days it is “atrocious.”
She is still very proficient at reading cursive, and it has grown to be a fantastic pastime. “I get up in the morning, eat breakfast with my spouse, and then he leaves for fishing.
I enter my workspace, set up my computer, turn on my oldies radio station, and begin transcribing,” she added. “I adore it so much.”
