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Aaron Hoffman
Line 14 should be "a steam-boat" "a steam-boats"
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Sketch of a journey through the western states of North America, 1827
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Aaron Hoffman
The end of the first paragraph should be steam-boat. stean-boat.
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Sketch of a journey through the western states of North America, 1827
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Aaron Hoffman
Line 11, boat's gun bost's gun
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Sketch of a journey through the western states of North America, 1827
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Aaron Hoffman
The tenth line should be "elk". "species of eik"
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Sketch of a journey through the western states of North America, 1827
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Aaron Hoffman
The date at the top of the webpage should be Aug. 23, 1828. See the very end of page two of the transcript and the pamphlet. Broadside entitled, "Some Notices of Kentucky, Particularly of its Chief Town, Lexington," 28 August 1828
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Broadside entitled, "Some Notices of Kentucky, Particularly of its Chief Town, Lexington," 28 August 1828
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Aaron Hoffman
The missing words [???] in the paragraph below are probably "her trade". A rail road is contemplated from Lexington to Louisville or Cincinnati, or perhaps ultimate- ly to both. This measure would be transcend- ently important to Lexington, an...
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Broadside entitled, "Some Notices of Kentucky, Particularly of its Chief Town, Lexington," 28 August 1828
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merc
Can anyone tell me how to transcribe the marks (lines in the boxes) for this page? Thank you so much!
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Company roster for the 16th Kentucky Militia, 3 October 1814
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Lucio Alvarez
Maddison = James Madison?
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 25 May 1789
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Lucio Alvarez
B-n may be Brown, who this writer has mentioned in other letters.
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 25 May 1789
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Lucio Alvarez
s. v. p. = s'il vous plait?
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 19 February 1789
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Lucio Alvarez
Lancaster and Carlisle are in PA. Monongahela seems to be a town, going by the way he uses the word, but today it's a river near Pittsburgh.
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 15 January 1789
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Lucio Alvarez
'Ct' is probably 'Courant', French for 'current', so '9e Ct' means the 9th of the current month ('9e' being short for 'neuvieme'). It would be '9th Instant' in English, 'Instant' meaning 'this month'.
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 15 January 1789
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Lucio Alvarez
'Number' - nowadays we use the word 'Edition'.
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Letter from Constantine Rafinesque to Charles Wilkins Short, 21 December 1819
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Lucio Alvarez
This page and the next page have eveneurent. Wiktionary has evenerunt.
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur; October 7, 1789
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Lucio Alvarez
thingling is shingling (shingles)?
Page 3
Letter from George Corlis to John Corlis, 14 April 1816
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Lucio Alvarez
miscarry- get lost in the mail
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Letter from John May to Samuel Beall, 29 April 1780
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Lucio Alvarez
These pages are out of order- put page 5 before page 3, and that fixes it.
Page 1
Letter from John and Susan Corlis to Joseph, George, and Mary Ann Corlis, 14 April 1816
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Lucio Alvarez
acceptg should be exceptg
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Letter from John and Susan Corlis to Joseph, George, and Mary Ann Corlis, 14 April 1816
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Lucio Alvarez
'getting your other hands' - finding more people to work on the tobacco fields?
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Letter from John and Susan Corlis to Joseph, George, and Mary Ann Corlis, 14 April 1816
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Lucio Alvarez
Their route from Paris, KY to Morrisville, PA is 630 miles. They did it between May 22 and June 21, which is an average of 21 miles/day, with horses pulling wagons full of their belongings (even a desk). I found the following on two websites: A h...
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List of expenses for a trip from Kentucky to the Northeast, 1822
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Lucio Alvarez
Morristown- there is a Morrisville today near Trenton
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List of expenses for a trip from Kentucky to the Northeast, 1822
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Lucio Alvarez
Mumbletown = Hummelstown? That's a town east of Harrisburg.
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List of expenses for a trip from Kentucky to the Northeast, 1822
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Lucio Alvarez
Chilicothe and Zanesville are in Ohio.
Page 1
List of expenses for a trip from Kentucky to the Northeast, 1822
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Lucio Alvarez
This is identical to page 4 of Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 5 December 1807.
Page 4
Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 9 October 1803
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Lucio Alvarez
This is identical to page 3 of Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 5 December 1807.
Page 3
Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 9 October 1803
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Lucio Alvarez
This page is identical to page 2 of Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 5 December 1807. I transcribed that one, so I copied and pasted it here.
Page 2
Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 9 October 1803
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Lucio Alvarez
Exrs = Executors? (of Pendleton's will?)
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Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 2 April 1809
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Lucio Alvarez
Tobo = Tobacco? Maybe he grows it.
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Letter from John Williams, Jr. to Isaac Hite, 13 February 1780
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Lucio Alvarez
Wikipedia's article doesn't mention Connolly and his donated acres, but it says, "The first Trustees were selected in April of 1779, as part of this transition, with the first board consisting of seven men", so the Trustees mentioned in the letter...
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Letter from John Todd to Arthur Campbell, 2 July 1780
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Lucio Alvarez
Cappoach = Capuche
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Orderly book for Anthony Wayne, 1794
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Lucio Alvarez
'ease' must mean urinate or defecate.
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Military order book for the 16th Kentucky Militia, 1814
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Lucio Alvarez
'Number' is the old word for what we now term 'edition'.
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Magendie's Physiology medical publication, February 1822
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Lucio Alvarez
a/c = account I don't know what a/s is.
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Two invoices for the accounts of Audubon and Rozier, 1 April 1810
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Lucio Alvarez
Hano = Hanover?
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William Brown's memorandum book, 1790
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Lucio Alvarez
do = ditto
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William Brown's memorandum book, 1790
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Lucio Alvarez
mo = mouth
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William Brown's memorandum book, 1790
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Lucio Alvarez
beging should be beginning?
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William Brown's memorandum book, 1790
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Lucio Alvarez
R = River. P = Point? If so, there are towns in Ohio and West Virginia called Point Pleasant.
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William Brown's memorandum book, 1790
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Lucio Alvarez
I. = Island
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William Brown's memorandum book, 1790
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Lucio Alvarez
w<sup>t</sup> = with
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William Brown's memorandum book, 1790
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GlennD
In French
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur; October 7, 1789
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GlennD
In French
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur; October 7, 1789
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GlennD
In French
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur; October 7, 1789
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GlennD
In French
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur; October 7, 1789
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GlennD
In French
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur; October 7, 1789
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GlennD
In French
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur; October 7, 1789
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GlennD
In French
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur; April 20, 1789
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GlennD
In French
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Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur; April 20, 1789
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Belle
I used the original punctuation where possible. In some instances, I was unable to capture the punctuation.
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Supply charges for Kentucky Volunteers, 1794
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clarking
Reviewed and edits made. Letter complete.
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Letter from George Corlis to John Corlis, 5 March 1816
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