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Lieracy rates from Victorian times are measured by historians by signatures on wedding contracts. In the 1840s, 1/3 of the bridegrooms and 1/2 of the brides signed with at least a crude mark. By the 1900s, 97% of all grooms and brides signed their names.
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∙ 15y agoJohn Quincy Adams said in the early 1800's that the illiteracy rate was only 4/10th of 1 percent.
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