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Collection: Colonial North America: Houghton Library

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EllaDeer
EllaDeerEvery line is cut off and is finished on the next page (seq. 134)Haskell, Caleb, 1754-1829. Diary : manuscript, 1775-1776. MS Am 1680. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
EllaDeer
EllaDeer"Miry" - very muddy or boggy.(seq. 73)Haskell, Caleb, 1754-1829. Diary : manuscript, 1775-1776. MS Am 1680. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
EllaDeer
EllaDeer"Freshet" - the flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow.(seq. 66)Haskell, Caleb, 1754-1829. Diary : manuscript, 1775-1776. MS Am 1680. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
EllaDeer
EllaDeer"Rod" - an old English measure of distance equal to 16.5 feet.(seq. 65)Haskell, Caleb, 1754-1829. Diary : manuscript, 1775-1776. MS Am 1680. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
EllaDeer
EllaDeerI believe "battoos" are misspellings of "Bateaus" which are a type of small boat(seq. 58)Haskell, Caleb, 1754-1829. Diary : manuscript, 1775-1776. MS Am 1680. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
EllaDeer
EllaDeer"Murtherer" is an archaic word for "Murderer" (seq. 58)Haskell, Caleb, 1754-1829. Diary : manuscript, 1775-1776. MS Am 1680. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
EllaDeer
EllaDeerunsure of the expansions for the abbreviations "Col.n" and "Col.m" I suspect they are names.(seq. 53)Haskell, Caleb, 1754-1829. Diary : manuscript, 1775-1776. MS Am 1680. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
LClairmont
LClairmontTwo-letter codes following names as listed in References MS page 68 [page 80 of 342]. g.S. - gone to the states L.P. - left the province L.T. - left the township D.D. - Dead P.t. - present(seq. 82)Brudenell, Edward. Edward Brudenell letterbook on loyalists, 1785-1786. MS Can 48, volume 1. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
DianeB
DianeBhttps://firstlines.folger.edu/detail.php?id=85444(seq. 25)Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778. Commonplace book : of poetry : manuscript, 1750-1752. MS Am 1369. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
DianeB
DianeBMelius est reprehendant nos grammatici quam non intelligant populi. (It’s better that the grammarians should chide us than that the people should not understand us.) —Augustine, Enarratio in Ps. 138, 20.(seq. 3)Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778. Commonplace book : of poetry : manuscript, 1750-1752. MS Am 1369. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
DianeB
DianeBJeffrey Walker, "Benjamin Church's Commonplace Book of Verse: Exemplum for a Political Satirist," Early American Literature, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Winter, 1980/1981), pp. 222-236 (15 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/25056380(seq. 1)Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778. Commonplace book : of poetry : manuscript, 1750-1752. MS Am 1369. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
DianeB
DianeBNeed to redo pseudo-tables.(seq. 22)De Brahm, John Gerar William, 1717-approximately 1799. History of the three provinces South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida : manuscript, [after 1771]. MS Am 824. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Knlochrie
KnlochrieAgain, either bleed through from another page or too faint to be legible(seq. 6)A journall of our expedition agt. Canada ... : manuscript, 1711 and 1722-1723. MS Am 1341. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Knlochrie
Knlochrieeither too faint to be legible or bleed through from another page(seq. 5)A journall of our expedition agt. Canada ... : manuscript, 1711 and 1722-1723. MS Am 1341. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Knlochrie
KnlochrieAppears to be bleed through from the previous page(seq. 4)A journall of our expedition agt. Canada ... : manuscript, 1711 and 1722-1723. MS Am 1341. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Knlochrie
KnlochrieI will research the names as I read more of the journal and hopefully will make better guesses at the illegible words(seq. 3)A journall of our expedition agt. Canada ... : manuscript, 1711 and 1722-1723. MS Am 1341. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Knlochrie
KnlochrieI am researching who the author Jonathan [?] might be from several doctoral dissertations on the subject.(seq. 1)A journall of our expedition agt. Canada ... : manuscript, 1711 and 1722-1723. MS Am 1341. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
AndrewBelli
AndrewBelliGreek text of Luke 1:53 contains author's copy errors (cf. πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν καὶ πλουτοῦντας ἐξαπέστειλεν κενούς).(seq. 13)Adams, William, 1650-1685. Sermons on sacrament days : manuscript, [ca.1650-1685]. MS Am 2137. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
AndrewBelli
AndrewBelli"Use" is a typical portion/heading of a sermon outline.(seq. 153)Adams, William, 1650-1685. Sermons on sacrament days : manuscript, [ca.1650-1685]. MS Am 2137. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
AndrewBelli
AndrewBelli"impaled" used here in the sense of enclosed/encircled with wooden stakes.(seq. 149)Adams, William, 1650-1685. Sermons on sacrament days : manuscript, [ca.1650-1685]. MS Am 2137. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
AndrewBelli
AndrewBelli"X" is abbreviation for Christ.(seq. 150)Adams, William, 1650-1685. Sermons on sacrament days : manuscript, [ca.1650-1685]. MS Am 2137. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
AndrewBelli
AndrewBelli"Prop." is abbreviation for "Proposition", a typical portion/heading in a sermon's outline.(seq. 150)Adams, William, 1650-1685. Sermons on sacrament days : manuscript, [ca.1650-1685]. MS Am 2137. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
AndrewBelli
AndrewBelli"Doc." is abbreviation for "Doctrine."(seq. 150)Adams, William, 1650-1685. Sermons on sacrament days : manuscript, [ca.1650-1685]. MS Am 2137. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
blackletterkate
blackletterkatePrinted version of this work has "pounds" against silk and indigo, but manuscript uses the symbol for "hundredweight" and in two of the proceeding pages, Seq. 215 and 220(seq. 214)American husbandry : manuscript, [ca. 1775-1789]. MS Am 1563. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
vant
vant"chh" is Bridge's abbreviation for "church."(seq. 2)Bridge, Ebenezer, 1716-1792. Ebenezer Bridge papers, 1740-1792. Diary, pages 1-48 : autograph manuscript (unsigned), 1749-1750. MS Am 1186 (27). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
tkelli
tkelliI was unsure how to transcribe the third line of the chart (totals).(seq. 57)Thomson, William, 1727-1796. Book of orders : received and given by Col. Wm. Thomson : manuscript, 1775-1778. MS Am 737. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
c_reid
c_reid1 toise = former French unit of measure equal to 1.949m - but also Measurement - (seq. 34)Brasseur. Tableau de l’administration des Isles sous le Vent par M. le Brassuer : ancien administrateur par interim des dites îles : manuscript, [ca. 1780]. MS Fr 557. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
junruh
junruhLast word I believe is "Orderly" although it was cut off in the copying of this page. As follows convention, it is the first word of the following page. (seq. 21)Stirke, Henry. Diary of the campaign for Québec : manuscript, 1758-1760. MS Can 24. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
tkelli
tkelli"Whitfield" is alternately spelled "Whitefield," I believe. Not sure how to indicate that.(seq. 10)Thomson, William, 1727-1796. Book of orders : received and given by Col. Wm. Thomson : manuscript, 1775-1778. MS Am 737. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
junruh
junruhSorry, I have no idea how to properly transcribe this.(seq. 17)Stirke, Henry. Diary of the campaign for Québec : manuscript, 1758-1760. MS Can 24. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Serendip
SerendipHow to transcribe maginalia?(seq. 17)Sâgean, Mathieu. Relation des avantures de Mathieu Sagean Canadien et de ses voyages et courses tam à la Louisiane, que sur les Costes d'Affrique, dans les Indes orientales et occidentales, et à la Chine : manuscript, [1701?]. MS Can 54. Houghton Library,Colonial North America: Houghton Library
tjgillan
tjgillanI'm guessing the other characters are Hebrew(seq. 40)Alden, Timothy. Seven forensic disputations on the question whether the time usually spent in learning the Latin, Greek, & Oriental languages be usefully occupied : by Timothy Alden, Samuel Dana, Jotham Bender, James Kendall, David Kendall, William Wells,Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Serendip
SerendipHow to insert marginalia(seq. 11)Sâgean, Mathieu. Relation des avantures de Mathieu Sagean Canadien et de ses voyages et courses tam à la Louisiane, que sur les Costes d'Affrique, dans les Indes orientales et occidentales, et à la Chine : manuscript, [1701?]. MS Can 54. Houghton Library,Colonial North America: Houghton Library
mmeLopez
mmeLopez(1) escrutts: might be an ancient form/ or bad orthographe/ from French root "scruter" or latin "scrutari"(seq. 33)Alden, Timothy. Seven forensic disputations on the question whether the time usually spent in learning the Latin, Greek, & Oriental languages be usefully occupied : by Timothy Alden, Samuel Dana, Jotham Bender, James Kendall, David Kendall, William Wells,Colonial North America: Houghton Library
mmeLopez
mmeLopez(1) I think the word "acome"/ "acene"/"acine" starting the 4th line of the first paragraph might be an abbreviation for "outome"or any synonym. (seq. 31)Alden, Timothy. Seven forensic disputations on the question whether the time usually spent in learning the Latin, Greek, & Oriental languages be usefully occupied : by Timothy Alden, Samuel Dana, Jotham Bender, James Kendall, David Kendall, William Wells,Colonial North America: Houghton Library
mmeLopez
mmeLopezIllisible(seq. 28)Alden, Timothy. Seven forensic disputations on the question whether the time usually spent in learning the Latin, Greek, & Oriental languages be usefully occupied : by Timothy Alden, Samuel Dana, Jotham Bender, James Kendall, David Kendall, William Wells,Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Serendip
SerendipHow to transcribe marginalia?(seq. 8)Sâgean, Mathieu. Relation des avantures de Mathieu Sagean Canadien et de ses voyages et courses tam à la Louisiane, que sur les Costes d'Affrique, dans les Indes orientales et occidentales, et à la Chine : manuscript, [1701?]. MS Can 54. Houghton Library,Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Yukta
YuktaI think that the [su?ce?s] word might be success but the first s doesn't look like an s. It also wouldn't make the best sense in that sentence.(seq. 411)American husbandry : manuscript, [ca. 1775-1789]. MS Am 1563. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Katie
KatieAfter the word authorities in the text there appears to be a period. I feel it may actually be a comma since every single sentence is started with a very flamboyant large first letter of the word starting that sentence . This is not the case. The...(seq. 24)Alden, Timothy. Seven forensic disputations on the question whether the time usually spent in learning the Latin, Greek, & Oriental languages be usefully occupied : by Timothy Alden, Samuel Dana, Jotham Bender, James Kendall, David Kendall, William Wells,Colonial North America: Houghton Library
junruh
junruhI think this is probably 20,000 hogsheads, because on previous pages they state that they produce about 15,500 hogsheads. It could be 70,000 though, but I doubt it.(seq. 381)American husbandry : manuscript, [ca. 1775-1789]. MS Am 1563. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Serendip
SerendipHow to insert marginalia ?(seq. 1)Sâgean, Mathieu. Relation des avantures de Mathieu Sagean Canadien et de ses voyages et courses tam à la Louisiane, que sur les Costes d'Affrique, dans les Indes orientales et occidentales, et à la Chine : manuscript, [1701?]. MS Can 54. Houghton Library,Colonial North America: Houghton Library
LClairmont
LClairmontThere is a table in the original that is hard to reproduce. I added the word, "Acres" after the numbers which are listed in the "Acres" column. (seq. 71)Brudenell, Edward. Edward Brudenell letterbook on loyalists, 1785-1786. MS Can 48, volume 1. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Katie
Katiethe section that is: [?] — of [?] [Vigil] possibly is a title of a book. The author is referring to texts read that even school boys are to find interesting. I am assuming it merely a book I am unacquainted with. (seq. 23)Alden, Timothy. Seven forensic disputations on the question whether the time usually spent in learning the Latin, Greek, & Oriental languages be usefully occupied : by Timothy Alden, Samuel Dana, Jotham Bender, James Kendall, David Kendall, William Wells,Colonial North America: Houghton Library
junruh
junruhI think the abbreviation for selling tobacco means hogsheads, but I'm not sure what the marks are in front of the [hhds].(seq. 220)American husbandry : manuscript, [ca. 1775-1789]. MS Am 1563. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn CemeteryYes, blank only on written text. Thanks for observation and for transcribing!(seq. 109)Bradstreet, Anne, 1612?-1672. Meditations divine and morall : manuscript, [not before 1672]. MS Am 1007. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
junruh
junruhThe author inserted a line of text in between the regular lines, I've tried my best to represent this but I am not sure of the proper protocol. Please instruct if I need correction, thanks:)(seq. 205)American husbandry : manuscript, [ca. 1775-1789]. MS Am 1563. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
junruh
junruhI think the word that I marked as [alcalies?] in the third from bottom row is Spanish for alkaline. I'm guessing that the writer used this as the opposite of the "acids" that the author spoke of in the preceding line.(seq. 147)American husbandry : manuscript, [ca. 1775-1789]. MS Am 1563. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
Harvard Library
Harvard Library@junruh: I've added the underline tags to one line on this document and it submitted for me. Take a look at the transcription and see if you can add the others. It should work!(seq. 9)American husbandry : manuscript, [ca. 1775-1789]. MS Am 1563. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
junruh
junruhHi, I tried using the tags suggested and received a parsing error so I have left them out. I will be glad to try anything else you would like for me to so that I can be as accurate to the original as possible. Thanks(seq. 9)American husbandry : manuscript, [ca. 1775-1789]. MS Am 1563. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
digital_kai
digital_kaiPlt: Plaintiff Dft: Defendant(seq. 11)Jackson, Charles, 1775-1855. Notes : concerning civil and criminal laws : manuscript, 1795. MS Am 1231. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Colonial North America: Houghton Library
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