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Happens in other source material too Written by Tracy W (8/30/2005 11:04 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, Uppercase letters, penned by Maisy

When I was studying the Australian convict system for history I read quite a few letters that were original source material and they did the same thing. There seemed to be a general tendency to capitalise when the word was particularly important but I couldn't make out any definite rule.

The convict time period went from the 1780s to roughly the 1860s so it covered the same time period. Sorry, a quick search can't find any links to convict's letters with original punctuation on the web, but I recommend Robert Hughe's _The Fatal Shore_ as a fascinating history book.

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Uppercase letters Maisy (8/30/2005 4:37 p.m.)

When I see the capped words... Robbin (8/30/2005 5:04 p.m.)
- Yes, this is how I see it as well Maisy (8/30/2005 5:08 p.m.)
  - Yes, it was common to capitalize English nouns... Line (8/30/2005 6:33 p.m.)
I wonder if this... Reeba (8/30/2005 5:05 p.m.)
Happens in other source material too Tracy W (8/30/2005 11:04 p.m.)
Thanks to all Maisy (8/31/2005 11:36 a.m.)

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