Scenario: You discover the following undated letter in a friend\'s attic. You ar

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Scenario: You discover the following undated letter in a friend's attic. You are not sure if it is the original or a copy. You do not have access to carbon 14 dating, nor are you an expert on handwriting styles of different historical eras. Estimate the date of its composition, explaining what techniques you are using to make your estimate, what specific dues these techniques were applied to, and what results were yielded in each case. Dear Pal: I am enjoying my stay with uncle Ed and aunt sue. I get to do a lot of fishing and it's nice to be in school. Some days i feel like Huck Finnd uncle Ed is working now down at the territorial government in salt Lake city so he does not get to come along too often. I've been keeping company with a girl named sue. i sneak over to her house and we chew the rah but her Pa thinks she's too young for courting and if he catches me with her again I'll be in the soup. Think i'll Close this letter now as I'm plum Your son joe

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It appears the writer joe must be a teenager as he says that sues father thinks they are young to court. It appears to be a letter from around 1930s because the term "plumb tuckered out" was used in late 1890s . joe is visiting a farm because he says he went fishing.

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