As she was an excellent chirographer, with a clear head for business, and was paid by the piece and not by the month, she made money fast, as matters were then reckoned, and she was very liberal with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference

Willie, because of his proficiency as a chirographer, always wrote the date line in the register.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anderson Crow, Detective] Reference

Upon the column immediately on his right hand hung, emblazoned with gold, and beautiful with all the art of the chirographer, the edict of Aurelian.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century] Reference