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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RKBP-579 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter was written by Rev. Dr. Bernard J. Bettelheim (1811-1870), the first Anglican Missionary to Japan (he was in Okinawa when Commodore Perry visited there in 1854), who after leaving Japan lived for a few years in Cayuga, Illinois, before...”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-299 in Kennicott Documents, saying “Although Philo Judson's handwriting is challenging, I believe the illegible word in line 12 is "East" (where John Evans was at the time); and the illegible word in line 15 is "attest" (although he neglected to cross his t's).”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RKFP-093 in Kennicott Documents, saying “I believe in the second sentence he is saying "An article will be forth coming..." (not "No article...")
This letter is signed "J.P. Kirtland" (Ohio physician-naturalist Jared Potter Kirtland).”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0008 in RKFP-022 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This envelope is addressed to Isabella Teunisson (aka "Bell" or "Belle"), one of the daughters of John Kennicott's sister Mary.”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RKFP-018 in Kennicott Documents, saying “Although the handwriting is difficult to read, this letter was written in 1850, not 1830 (John Kennicott was not at The Grove in 1830, and 1850 was the year that the fruit growers conference was scheduled to be held in Cincinnati). ”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RKBP-196 in Kennicott Documents, saying “I believe this is signed "A.C. Hinton" (possibly Judge Alfred Hinton, a prominent citizen at the time in Carrollton, IL)”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0002 in RK-248 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter is signed "O. B. Galusha" (Orson Bingham Galusha of Lisbon, IL, the original corresponding secretary of the Illinois State Horticultural Society, and later President).”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RKBP-168 in Kennicott Documents, saying “I believe the last sentence reads, "I close in haste for team to leave in mud for Arlington" (the illegible in the line directly above this is "exchange")”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-241 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The illegible word in the signature is probably "Jno." as this letter was written by John Evans, co-founder and President of the Board of Northwestern University and future Governor of Colorado Territory.”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0004 in RKBP-054 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter was written by John Clough Holmes, a founder of Michigan State University (originally the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan), established the same year that this letter was written.”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0002 in RK-975 in Kennicott Documents, saying “I corrected the scientific names, but keeping Winchell's spelling (or misspelling) of them. The following are still misspelled on Winchell's list (either an error on his part, or on the specimen labels that he used to create this list - he was a g...”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-975 in Kennicott Documents, saying “I corrected the scientific names, but keeping Winchell's spelling (or misspelling) of them. The following are still misspelled on Winchell's list (either an error on his part, or on the specimen labels that he used to create this list - he was a g...”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-975 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This list of birds from the University of Michigan collection was probably compiled in November 1858, as mentioned in a letter from Alexander Winchell to Robert Kennicott on November 19, 1858 (RK-614)”
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