Handwriting help, and spelling

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Each log writer is likely to have a peculiar writing style and spelling system. In the most exaggerated cases the spelling of one word may vary even in the entry for one day.
If you find oddities please do post them here to help other viewers working with this project.

Help with images
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Remember - Always TYPE WHAT YOU SEE, just as they wrote it. If you are unsure of a word, you can post a question to this page and ask for help. If just one letter of a word is not readable you can insert a tilde mark ~ in place of a single letter.

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Mary and Helen Jan 9th & 10th 1880

The log keeper's capital 'W' is similar to the capital 'N'
The W has sharp points at the base, the N as a soft turn at the end of the last vertical:



In time order: WNW ; W ; W ; NW ; WNW