Notes

Collection: Travel Diaries and Journals

User	Note	Page	Work	Collection	Time
JCurran	garry = gharry	p. 47	James Adam diary: 1857-1863 (Ms. Codex 1948)	Travel Diaries and Journals	about 3 years ago
Trish	Just starting to look at transcription opportunities. I hope it gets easier.	p. 50	Mary Emma Jocelyn diary, 1851-1852.	Travel Diaries and Journals	about 3 years ago
BookshelfQuilter	At the top of the page, 1st word is transcribed as Edwr. to York. But as this diary is describing travel that started at Edinburgh, I think the 1st word is Edin with a superscripted character maybe.	p. 6	James Adam diary: 1857-1863 (Ms. Codex 1948)	Travel Diaries and Journals	about 3 years ago
DigiHum1	This is a list of Hindi words with translation.	p. 4	William B. Hadden diary, 1865.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 3 years ago
Nathani	For decl?ting, "salutory" would fit the context	p. 8	Journal of a tour to the West in 1839: diary, 1839.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 3 years ago
Kareobl	An Em dash—0ption shift hyphen(on a Mac keyboard). No spaces before or after the em dash. It is a long dash.	p. 4	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	about 4 years ago
lrile	Unclear geographic reference to "Spad" (Spaa? Spraa?) which maybe Spa, in Belgium, but that is more than 7 leagues (~39km) from Aachen. (Sittard, NL is a good fit for the distance but the letters are a stretch.)	p. 18	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	about 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text in French.	p. 18	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	about 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text in Latin.	p. 17	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	about 4 years ago
lrile	"Hotel de Ville" is likely a reference to the Palace of Aachen.	p. 17	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	about 4 years ago
lrile	"Badschwefel" is written above, while the actual German term is "schwefelbad." Contains text in Latin.	p. 16	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	about 4 years ago
lrile	The first line is difficult to read as scanned due to its proximity to the gutter. Contains brief phrases in French.	p. 15	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	The top line of this page is more easily seen on the next page's scan.	p. 13	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text in Latin.	p. 13	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Includes text in Latin.	p. 12	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	" + as also at [[Cambray]]" is inserted between lines.	p. 11	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	"Diligence" refers to a large stagecoach.	p. 11	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Days are distinguished by horizontal lines drawn across page.	p. 11	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text decorations to organize page including } and box drawn around text.	p. 10	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text in ink and pencil.	p. 10	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text in ink and in pencil.	p. 9	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text in ink and in pencil, perpendicular to each other, in seemingly two different handwritings. The pencil text only includes numbers.	p. 8	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	This list of titles is divided into sections by horizontal lines and } text decorations. Unclear abbreviation "v" may refer to "volume." (See the word "vocabulary" midway on page for an example of Kinsey's "v.")	p. 8	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	The journey on this page begins in England and travels to the Netherlands. "Packet" likely refers to a packet boat.	p. 7	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text in ink and in pencil, perpendicular to each other, in seemingly two different handwritings.	p. 7	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Text from gutter of facing page indicates possibly that a page was not scanned?	p. 7	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text in ink and in pencil, perpendicular to each other. Contains text formatted in two columns, with } text decorations to guide the reader.	p. 6	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	The journey on this page can be approximately visualized here: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Paris,+France/Dijon,+France/Saint-Marcel,+France/Lyon,+France/Cerdon,+France/Lac+de+Nantua,+Nantua,+France/Fort+l'Ecluse,+Route+de+Gen%C3%A8ve,+L%C3%A9a...	p. 3	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	A.V. may be an abbreviation for Augusta Vindelicorum, that is, published in Augsburg, Germany.	p. 5	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Mostly laid out in two columns, with } text decorations to guide reader. "Lausanne" is written upside-down. The journey on this page can be approximately visualized here: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Geneva,+Switzerland/Bonneville,+74130...	p. 4	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Text at the top of the page is partially covered by three large red circles, perhaps wax seals or additional layers of paper or paint. Contains some text written at a perpendicular angle.	p. 3	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text written on top of other text, in multiple directions, in ink and pencil, in different scripts. Part of the text is laid out in the format of a table. Some text is in French. I will return and revise this as I become more f...	p. 2	W. Kinsey diary, 1817.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	"23" is written in the margin, possibly as reference to the date.	p. 246	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text inserted between lines.	p. 233	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text inserted between lines.	p. 196	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text inserted between lines.	p. 191	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text inserted between lines.	p. 192	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text inserted between lines (perhaps at a later time, with lighter ink).	p. 144	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	"Piedmontere" is inserted in the margin.	p. 140	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	"Foul patients" refers to sexually transmitted disease.	p. 131	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text inserted between lines.	p. 122	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
donna29	bracketed hours 12 to 3 ground measure	p. 89	Ship's Log of the General Goddard, between England and India, 1789-1790	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	"NB" is written in the margin.	p. 111	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
donna29	brackets used under winds column for Ground measurements	p. 68	Ship's Log of the General Goddard, between England and India, 1789-1790	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
Kareobl	Dordrecht is also called Dort, or Dordt.	p. 7	Mrs. Daw's travel diaries, 1838. Volume 1	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
Kareobl	Yekaterinodar is now called Krasnodar.	p. 211	Mrs. Daw's travel diaries, 1838. Volume 1	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
ebroadwe	Contains struck-through text.	p. 122	Mrs. Daw's travel diaries, 1838. Volume 2	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
ebroadwe	Contains struck-through text.	p. 121	Mrs. Daw's travel diaries, 1838. Volume 2	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
ebroadwe	Contains struck-through text.	p. 119	Mrs. Daw's travel diaries, 1838. Volume 2	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago
lrile	Contains text inserted between lines.	p. 23	Journal of Dr. John Morgan of the city of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to the city of London, 1764.	Travel Diaries and Journals	over 4 years ago

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