It's also possible that an R was written as suggested, but the ink faded on  
the 'last leg' - which later copiers were unable to pick up.  If you can  find 
the original document it might be worth a look.
 
Janice
 
 
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Are you sure he wasn't using a  funny
looking R?

(In reply to:
We have an ancestor who served in  the Civil War.. his name was Richard =
Daniel Alley..but some of his letters  written back to Va from Tn shows a =
signature Daniel P..  His  descendants say he used Richard on in a formal
situation (his Civil War  record had Richard =
Daniel  ) .   Did the capitol P  have=20
another meaning? =20
Thank you,
Marilyn Canfield
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