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Offline Lilylala

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Edwardian Document
« on: Saturday 04 October 14 07:34 BST (UK) »
Assistance requested to decipher the top image,  first word is 'seen' ? second is word or initial.


Any help gratefully received  :)



edit to add:  the document is the actual Medical record of Aaron Kosminski, a Jack the Ripper suspect who died 1919 in an Asylum.
Bronstein - Ukraine & Paris
Luscombe  - Devon & Australia
Horner -  Potterspury NorthHamptonshire & Warwickshire
Moss  -    Cumberland & Australia
Hadley -  Staffordshire
Higgins  - Somerset
Barras  -Durham
Piercy - Oxfordshire
Bauer -  Germany
Percy - Sussex
Felton - Northumberland
Parris -Dorset
Stier - Australia & Germany
La Zouche -UK
Holland -Lancashire
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Re: Edwardian Document
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 04 October 14 15:04 BST (UK) »
My guess would be a signature. The first word looks like 'seen' and the next word in question somewhat resembles the signature at the foot of the next page, so I think it's the initials of the chap that wrote it.

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Re: Edwardian Document
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 04 October 14 15:15 BST (UK) »
I can't see any word in that squiggle so presumably it's a signature - it also makes sense being an initials after the word "seen" (by).

[PS. Did you want the words written in red  deciphered too? (6 years self abuse)]

Added: With the document dated 1890 it would be Victorian rather than Edwardian (King Edward VII reigned from 1901-1910) ;)