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What is the historical term for a person who writes letters for someone who is illiterate?

Asked by give_seek (1439points) July 14th, 2011

I remember seeing this term once. It wasn’t scribe, letter writer, dictator, translator, ghost writer, secretary, assistant or anything that sounds relatively modern.

This term came up during research I was doing on the 18th & 19th centuries.

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thorninmud's avatar

Are you thinking of scrivener ?

marinelife's avatar

Amanuensis?

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give_seek's avatar

Thanks everyone.

@thorninmud Thank you for scrivener. That’s what it was!

Schroedes13's avatar

That guy who’s really nice and helps the blind citizens? lol…I thought it was a scribe too. Guess you learn something new everyday!

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