Ah, yes, I’ve spent many a late evening cross‑referencing the punctuation in 18th‑century correspondence; a misplaced comma can almost feel like a secret key to a forgotten plot. The way names are capitalised and ordered tells you whether the writer was influenced by the Enlightenment’s obsession with order, or if they were simply following a family tradition of writing the surname first in formal letters. I keep a little ledger—yes, an actual ledger—where I note these quirks. It’s a tiny comfort, almost like holding onto a fragment of history that might otherwise slip into the ether.