Rachel Moore has bad handwriting. So do many people. But is that anything to really worry about? Appalling handwriting runs in our family. I mastered the art of 100 words a minute legible shorthand ...

The quill pen was the writing instrument of Colonial America. Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on his famous lap desk using a quill. The Constitution of the United States was ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Something to know about him: Most Springfield residents know Fritz Klein as Abraham Lincoln, since they often see him portraying the president at area historic sites. That occupation helped lead to ...

The quill pen that Admiral Lord Nelson wrote his last, unfinished letter on HMS Victory has sold for £10,000. Two days before the Battle of Trafalgar, the British naval hero sat down at his writing ...

Jane Austen, whose 200th anniversary we celebrate this year, was not only a prolific author of novels; but also a strong devotee of good penmanship. She apparently wrote 14 novels and some 3,000 ...