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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0017 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “Presumably, all the beetle specimens included in this list were destroyed in the Chicago fire of 1871.”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0016 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 19, "quadrigemmonata" is a misspelling for quadrigeminata.”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0016 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This is probably page 1 of the list since ends with beetles in the family Cerambycidae, and the page with a 2 on top (posted as p.1) continues with more Cerambycidae.”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0015 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 5, "Xylorictes" is a misspelling of Xyloryctes. In line 12, "Hoplea" is a misspelling of Hoplia. In line 24, "Cremastochilus castanea" is a misspelling of Cremastocheilus castaneae.”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0014 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 17, "terristrus" is a misspelling of terristris. In line 25, "paralellus" is a misspelling of parallelus. ”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0013 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 24, "quarimaculatum" is a misspelling of quadrimaculatum. In line 25, "Biethisa" is a misspelling of Blethisa.”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0011 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In the last line, "calidium" is a misspelling for calidum.”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0009 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 19, "sulptilis" is a misspelling of sculptilis.”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0008 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 15, "pensylvanicous" is a misspelling of pensylvanicus.”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0007 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 18, "Elateradae" is a misspelling of Elateridae. In line 19, "oculattus" is a misspelling of oculatus.”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0005 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 17, "Necrophorus" is a misspelling of Nicrophorus.”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0003 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 21, "Chrysonela" is a misspelling of Chrysomela.”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0002 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “"Leptoslylus" is a misspelling for Leptostylus (neglected to cross the "t"). “Hypomeves” is a misspelling for Hypomeces.”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The pages of this beetle list are out of order. "Monohammus" is a misspelling for Monochamus. "Larpeda" should be the genus Saperda (likely difficult to read on specimen label). "Strangalea" is a misspelling for Strangalia. ”Note Added
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-953 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This is page 3 of this list of mammals (numbering system ends here with 38-53).”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0003 in RK-953 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This is page 1 of this list of mammals (numbering system starts here with 1 - 19).”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-950 in Kennicott Documents, saying “These are pre-written locality labels, ready to cut and insert into specimen jars and/or vials while Robert Kennicott was collecting along the North Red River ”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0003 in RK-949 in Kennicott Documents, saying “I believe this note is signed "I.B." [Ira Bruno]”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0002 in RK-948 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The underlined words in line 2 are "bee hive"”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-948 in Kennicott Documents, saying “I believe this is signed "I.B" [Ira Bruno Kennicott]”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-939 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter was probably written in 1858 [Neosho Falls, KS wasn't settled until mid-1857, and Kennicott was collecting in the north (today's Canada) by December 1859]”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0002 in RK-934 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter is signed by "MS Bebb" - Michael Schuck Bebb ”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-934 in Kennicott Documents, saying “the last word on the page is "gave" ”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0006 in RK-933 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter is signed "MS Bebb" (Michael Schuck Bebb)”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-933 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter was likely written in August 1858 when Bebb was still living in Illinois and Robert Kennicott was attempting to get state funding for a zoological survey of Illinois (mentioned on p.3).”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-932 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter is signed "M S Bebb" - Michael Schuck Bebb was a 19th century American botanist. This is the last page of the letter - first page(s) missing so the date is unknown, but it was probably addressed to Robert Kennicott, and would have lik...”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-929 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The abbreviations in the second to last line read "I.C.R.R." for Illinois Central Rail Road, where geologist John Wells Foster served briefly in the Land Department. This letter was written in 1858, as John Wells Foster took over the role of Land ...”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0002 in RK-101 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The last species is Sorex dekayi - it looks sort of like there is a space between the e and k, but if you look closely, the pen just gets lighter there but is still there. ”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-926 in Kennicott Documents, saying “Osten-Sacken's note after #1 says "Megarhina is a new genus of rather recent creation (founded by Desvoidy)." The note in Osten-Sacken's writing added at the bottom of the transcription (with transcriber's note "[written on the right half of the ...”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-926 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The notes in dark ink are by the Baron Carl Robert Osten-Sacken, a Russian diplomat and fly expert (Diptera) [see for example RK-772 for handwriting comparison] - He mentions about the Megarhina "Only one is mentioned in my Catalogue as occurring ...”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0003 in RK-917 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The second word in the second paragraph is "Carcajous" - another name for wolverines, and the nickname given to the scientific corps on the Telegraph Expedition.”Note Added
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-916 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The illegible word near the top is "Mch" referring to a letter Robert Kennicott wrote to James Redfield from near Greytown, Nicaragua on 30th March. Line 12 says "That the Boys have changed their" to Robert's brothers Ira ("Bruno") and Flint ("P...”Note Added