MDDM "Another Slave-Colony"

[Dave Monroe]

Maybe the paragraph just beyond what Foreman cites of
Latrobe's, er, graphological interpellations might be
of interest ...

   "It is cheerfully admitted that all this is very
idle speculation; and the only excuse for its
introduction is a desire to vary, in some small
degree, the dulness [sic] of a narrative, affording so
few events of striking interest as that which we are
engaged in." (p. 41)

http://www.webincunabula.com/html/la/latrobe_41.jpg

Could well have served, albeit perhaps tongue somewhat
in cheek, as an epigraph for Mr. Pynchon's Novel, no? 
Some bonus items ...

http://www.handwriting.org/

http://www.handwriting.org/main/hwasamps.htm

http://www.handwriting.org/main/hwasmpH1.htm

http://handwriting.org/main/hwalinks.htm

--- Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Pynchon's M and D are almost total fabrications of
> > his creativity. As little is known about the
> > historical M and D now as before the novel, except
> > a few tidbits. They have been created almost out
> > of whole cloth.
> 
> jb-
> 
> > "I'd say that quite a bit of biographical research
> > has informed the characterisations of M & D...." 
> 
> I would say, again, it is a matter of scale. The
> amount of time and effort (love?) devoted to the
> minute and nuanced interaction between M 'n D is
> remarkable. Certainly there is no historical record
> for any of it, although Monroe has unearthed many
> interesting sources for the starting point, at
> least, of speculations that have perhaps gained
> some cloak of verisimilitude with the passage of
> time.

But what Pynchon often does seem to do is to take
what's at hand and crossreference it with likely, or
at least plausible, context(s).  Again, that red coat,
those instruments, et al. ...

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