His mother had taught him to read and to write a clear hand.
He was a fine operator, and wrote a beautiful hand.
It appears that the first hand written family tree appeared around 1860.
A few days later Napoleon called for some one in the ranks who wrote a good hand to come to him.
Only practice will make me read swifter, or write a better hand.
If the burning paper flies high, it is said that the person will be able to write a more fair hand.
Ian Murray wrote a clear, large hand, and it was easy to read, even at a distance.
But he did write a nice round hand - like a boy's hand.
It needs to have a date on it, probably hand written.
Hardly had the hand written, before the translation of the letter began to fade.