"Letter from Alexander Hamilton Papers (September 6, 1780)"
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"<p>Do you know my sensations when I see the <br/>sweet characters from your hand? Yes you do, <br/>by comparing [them] with your [own] <br/>for my Betsey [loves] me and is [acquainted] <br/>with all the joys of fondness. [Would] you <br/>[exchange] them my dear for any other worthy <br/>blessings? Is there any thing you would put <br/>in competition[,] with one glowing [kiss] of <br/>animated tenderness? Anticipate my <br/>[unreadable], anticipate the delights we [unreadable] <br/>in the unrestrained intercourses of wedded love, <br/>and bet your heart joins mine in [fervent] <br/>[wishes] to heaven that [all obstacles] and [interruptions] <br/>May [be] speedily [removed].</p>"
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"Multispectral Imaging (MSI)"
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"<p>A non-invasive technique that captures information at specific wavelengths along the electromagnetic spectrum, inclusing those beyond the visible range. Multispectral data was captured at a resolution of 595 pixels per inch (ppi) with a Megavision 50 megapixel E7 camera, Kodak CCD camera back, 120mm Copal-0 hyperspectral lens, light emitting diode (LED) illumination spanning 365-940 nanometers (nm), and integrated Photoshoot capture software.</p>"
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"<p>When the Library of Congress recently digitized the <a href=\"https://www.loc.gov/collections/alexander-hamilton-papers/about-this-collection/?loclr=blogloc\">Alexander Hamilton Papers</a>, <a href=\"https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss24612.001_0373_0521/?sp=81&loclr=blogloc\">this letter, unedited, with its 14 obliterated lines</a> from Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler (dated September 6, 1780, two months before they married), became visible to all for the first time. However, the lines were still unreadable. To find out what lay beneath the scratchings-out, Fenella France, chief of the <a href=\"https://www.loc.gov/preservation/scientists?loclr=blogloc\">Preservation Research and Testing Division</a>, and preservation staff Meghan Wilson and Chris Bolser used <a href=\"https://www.loc.gov/preservation/scientists/instrumentation/hyperspec_imaging.html?loclr=blogloc\">hyperspectral imaging</a>. A noninvasive analysis that employs light at different wavelengths to capture information not visible to the eye, hyperspectral imaging can determine the composition of inks and pigments, track changes in documents over time and reveal faded, erased or covered writing.</p><p>[Adapted from <a href=\"https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/author/wmal/\">Wendi Maloney</a>'s Library of Congress blog <a href=\"https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/01/technology-at-the-library-long-hidden-text-is-uncovered-in-alexander-hamilton-letter/\">Technology at the Library: Long-Hidden Text Is Uncovered in Alexander Hamilton Letter</a> (January 11, 2018).</p>"
"<a href='https://www.loc.gov/collections/alexander-hamilton-papers/about-this-collection/?loclr=blogloc'>- Digitized Collection of the Alexander Hamilton Papers</a>"
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"<a href='https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/01/technology-at-the-library-long-hidden-text-is-uncovered-in-alexander-hamilton-letter/'>- Technology at the Library: Long-Hidden Text Is Uncovered in Alexander Hamilton Letter (Wendi Maloney, Library of Congress blog)</a>"
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"<p><a href=\"https://www.loc.gov/preservation/scientists?loclr=blogloc\">Preservation Research and Testing Division</a>, Library of Congress.</p>"