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Collection: Letters of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1849-1880, California Superintendency

ehormell
ehormell added a note to 10 in MF1323.1197 Reel 39_0213, saying “items are listed in two columns ”Note Added
ehormell
ehormell added a note to 11 in MF1323.1197 Reel 39_0213, saying “items are listed in two columns”Note Added
ehormell
ehormell added a note to 12 in MF1323.1197 Reel 39_0213, saying “items are listed in two columns”Note Added
ecassidy
ecassidy added a note to 7 in MF1323.1197 Reel 39_0213, saying “I believe the ala in lines 5, 10, 19 is like a ditto mark”Note Added
ecassidy
ecassidy added a note to 18 in MF1323.1197_Reel_36_0168, saying “this document is written in Spanish”Note Added
ecassidy
ecassidy added a note to 16 in MF1323.1197_Reel_36_0168, saying “this document is written in Spanish”Note Added
ecassidy
ecassidy added a note to 15 in MF1323.1197_Reel_36_0168, saying “this document is written in Spanish”Note Added
ecassidy
ecassidy added a note to 17 in MF1323.1197_Reel_36_0168, saying “this document is written in Spanish”Note Added
Emmy
Emmy added a note to 3 in MF1323.1197 Reel 39_0435, saying “Can't figure out one word in the last paragraph.”Note Added
tfbus
tfbus added a note to 10 in MF1323.1197 Reel 39_1123, saying “It appears as if the scan was faulty or incomplete on this page of the letter...”Note Added
9karen
9karen added a note to 6 in MF1323.1197 Reel 39_1183, saying “thanks !”Note Added
Fudgy
Fudgy added a note to 6 in MF1323.1197 Reel 39_1183, saying “A "campoody" is "an American Indian village" according to Merriam-Webster.com”Note Added
Fudgy
Fudgy added a note to 3 in MF1323.1197_Reel_32_0922, saying “"Locofoco" is an archaic term for a member or supporter of the Democratic party.”Note Added
9karen
9karen added a note to 9 in MF1323.1197 Reel 39_0009, saying “Obviously I couldn't read all the numbers so they don't add up.”Note Added
Fudgy
Fudgy added a note to 1 in MF1323.1197_Reel_37_0005, saying “The company was owned by "CHARLES ADOLPHE LOW, residing In the City and County of San Francisco."”Note Added
Fudgy
Fudgy added a note to 19 in MF1323.1197_Reel_37_0806, saying “"Lunar caustic" is silver nitrate (AgNO3), used to cauterize wounds chemically.”Note Added
Fudgy
Fudgy added a note to 18 in MF1323.1197_Reel_37_0806, saying “A "stilyard" is a simple balance for weighing foodstuffs, etc., with the item to be weighed hanging from the short side of a beam, and the long side has graduated notches for a standard weights.”Note Added
Fudgy
Fudgy added a note to 16 in MF1323.1197_Reel_37_0806, saying “A "fanning (or fanniry) mill", one of the earliest farm machines, mechanized the winnowing process which separates the grain from the lighter chaff and straw using a hand-cranked fan that blows the grain and chaff across vibrating screens.”Note Added
Fudgy
Fudgy added a note to 15 in MF1323.1197_Reel_37_0806, saying “A "frow" (or "froe") is a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block.”Note Added
Fudgy
Fudgy added a note to 8 in MF1323.1197_Reel_37_0806, saying “The M1841 Mississippi rifle was sometimes referred to as a "yagger" rifle, due to its smaller size and its similarity to the German Jäger rifles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1841_Mississippi_rifle ”Note Added
Fudgy
Fudgy added a note to 2 in MF1323.1197_Reel_37_0806, saying “"Spermaceti" is a wax obtained from the head of a sperm whale or bottlenose whale, used in fine wax candles, ointments, cosmetic creams, etc.”Note Added
Fudgy
Fudgy added a note to 6 in MF1323.1197_Reel_37_0806, saying “A "tenant" saw is for cutting tenons. A "snath" is the handle of a scythe.”Note Added
Guest User
Guest User added a note to 1 in LA County Library Transcription Guidelines, saying “This doesn’t make sense. The transcription looks identical to the text.”Note Added