Sometimes just simply photocopying the page will make the
writing legible.  You might have to fiddle with the "auto"
versus "photo" setting to get the clearest reading.

This is what I did when I was an Assistant Archivist and we
needed to make copies of damaged moldy manuscripts. I was
amazed how much better I could read the photocopies!
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Samantha R. Pillar, Executive Director             [log in to unmask]
VA Fire and Police Museum                          ph  (804)644-1849
200 W. Marshall St., Richmond, VA 23220            fax (804)644-1850

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