Template:Did you know nominations/Maria Perkins letter


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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 16:11, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Maria Perkins letter

 * ... that a slave named Maria Perkins likely increased her writing speed at the end of an 1852 letter to her husband? Source: Word by Word, p. 66: "Toward the end of the letter, by contrast, there are no such corrections, and there are signs that Perkins sped up"
 * Reviewed: Ordinaire

Created by Hameltion (talk). Self-nominated at 14:32, 21 April 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg The article meets the DYK criteria (it's long enough at 5663 characters; it was created on April 21; it's sourced reliably throughout; and I see no copyvio issues). However, while I like the article and find the subject interesting, the hook seems somewhat uninteresting when read out of context. Could another be proposed, Hameltion? Perhaps relating to the provenance of the letter itself? Ruby2010 (talk) 21:44, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Totally makes sense - how about:
 * ALT1: ... that a letter by Maria Perkins, a literate slave, is the only record of her existence? Source: Word by Word, p. 58: "Nothing is known about Maria Perkins's life or the surrounding influences that may have shaped her act of writing, beyond what her letter and its dateline can reveal." Hameltion (talk, contribs) 22:33, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Looks good. Ruby2010 (talk) 04:01, 23 April 2018 (UTC)