Carrol Benner Kindel

is a docent with the Folger Shakespeare Library and a former Chairperson of the docent Executive Committee. She is a retired federal government statistician. Her academic credits include bachelor’s degrees in sociology and history (Pennsylvania State University), a master’s degree in demography (Georgetown University), and over 100 credit hours in management and supervision (provided by the federal government to its supervisory personnel). After a 30-year career, she turned to history, a lifelong hobby. She is a recent student of the Folger’s Practical Paleography program. The transcription on which this piece is based was completed in conjunction with that program