I was watching a documentary about American Slave Narratives. In one of
the stories it was talking about slaves being sold at auction and they
showed a bill of sale. the time period was about 1850. In the bill of
sale at the bottom it spell "witness" like this:



"witnefs"



now this reminds me of the times I've seen Castañeda spelled Caftañeda



does anyone know about the use of the "F" for "S's" in early
handwritting?



thanks,



joseph