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We learned about this on a recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg.
The "s" as we know it now was a "final s" (used at the end of a word and some other specific times). The long "s" was written similarly to an "f" with the following distinction:
In writing an "f", the middle line crosses the downward line (as it does in modern script).
In writing a "long s", the middle line goes from the left to (but not crossing) the downward line.
For more details, go to http://colonialsense.com/Society-Lifestyle/Signs_of_the_Times/Long_S.php
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