The hand writing of the Chief Justice is not unlike that of Neal--but
much better and more legible. The habit of running two words into one
(a habit which we noticed in Neal) is also observable in the Chief
Justice. The characters are utterly devoid of ornament or unnecessary
flourish, and there is a good deal of abruptness about them. They are
heavy and black, with very little hair stroke. The lines are
exceedingly crooked, running diagonally across the paper. A wide
margin is on the left side of the page, with none at all on the right.
The whole air of the MS. in its utter simplicity, is strikingly
indicative of the man. The paper is a half sheet of coarse foolscap,
wafered.