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Copy of the USA Declaration of Independence written in antique script. Close up view of portion of the signature page.  Great background for patriotic themes.
Fountain pen on an antique handwritten letter. Vintage nib pen and handwritten english cursive style font copperplate, spencerian. Old history background. Retro style.
bits and pieces of antique French handwriting / calligraphy, letters, documents and ephemera from the 19th Century, isolated over a white  background, cut out retro journaling or collage design elements
Photograph of the bottom  of the Declaration of Independence centered on the most famous signature in American history
Old vintage manuscript writing in cursive
Part of letter from a young lady to her father, written in 1833. The family was Quaker, which is evident by the use of 'thee' and 'thy' in the letter as well as the way the date was presented - 1 Mo. 7 - 33 for 7th January (1st Month) 1833.
Old vintage handwriting, original, 1825, name, William Wigson, 19th Century ephemera
Macro Photograph of the John Hancock Signature
An old, historical stamp duty stamp
old 18th letter
William Shakespeare's signature
One of the longest and most elaborate surviving graffiti texts from the town, and may be the only known love poem from one woman to another from the Latin world.\nScratched into the wall of the hallway of house six (b) of insula nine, in region nine of the town\n\nPOEM : O utinam liceat collo complexa tenere\u2028braciola et teneris oscula ferre label(l)is\u2028i nunc, ventis tua gaudia, pupula, crede\u2028crede mihi levis est natura virorum\u2028saepe ego cu(m) media vigilare(m) perdita nocte\u2028haec mecum medita(n)s: multos Fortuna quos supstulit alte,\u2028hos modo proiectos subito praecipitesque premit.\u2028sic Venus ut subito coiunxit corpora amantum\u2028dividit lux et se...\nTranslation : Oh, if only I could hold your little arms wrapped around my neck\u2028and press kisses to your tender little lips.\u2028Go then, little doll, trust your happiness to the winds.\u2028Believe me, the nature of men[c] is fickle.\u2028Often I would lie awake, lost in the middle of the night,\u2028Thinking to myself: many whom Fortune has lifted up high,\u2028those, suddenly hurled away/abandoned and falling headlong, she then oppresses.\u2028So too, after Venus has unexpectedly joined the bodies of lovers,\u2028daylight divides them and...\nPhoto composition
Tight shot of the famous signature of John Hancock on the Declaration of Independence that was signed on July 4th, 1776. Other signatures viable are members of the Maryland delegation. This document lead to the War for Independence or Revolutionary war between the colonists and England.
Vintage paper with Arabic script writing
Ancient manuscript in codex, texture
Vintage handwriting on old paper, 1880s, 19th Century
This page is a detail out of a statement in a witch trial from 1619. A young woman and two men were then burnt on a stake found guilty for witch craft.
High angle extreme closeup photo of 300 year old handmade paper with cursive handwriting in French in faded brown ink noting details of farm transactions in 1705, from Burgundy, France.
Old postcards with handwritten text
A bill for structural repairs dated 7th September, 1850. (Identifying details removed.)
Old vintage handwritings writing in cursive
The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. The Proclamation immediately freed 50,000 slaves from the shackles of slavery.
Manuscript, drawings, inscriptions by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1893
Vinatge handwriting on old blue paper background, Petit journal pour rire, french 19th Century
John Hancocks famous signature on the Declaration of Independence
Marriage Certificate 19th Century
Macro Photograph of the Declaration of Independence
Thank You written on textured paper with pen and bamboo.
Fountain pen on an antique handwritten letter. Vintage nib pen and handwritten cursive style font copperplate, spencerian. Old history background. Translation of foreign text: postcard.
Close-up of some of the  signatures on the Declaration of Independence.
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