Lucio Alvarez added a note to 44 in folder 097: Correspondence, 1–12 February 1822, saying “'Politeness of' means 'By the politeness of' - meaning, John Siler carried the letter to Ruffin, and the writer of the letter is giving Siler a little credit for being polite enough to deliver it.”
Lucio Alvarez added a note to 21 in folder 096: Correspondence, 21–31 January 1822, saying “Someone transcribed this page but didn't click 'Needs review', so I proofread it, clicked Done, then clicked Approve to put it in Indexed status. I did the same thing on the previous page, and probably more after this one.”
Lucio Alvarez added a note to 9 in folder 096: Correspondence, 21–31 January 1822, saying “This writer connects single-letter words with the word following, like Ihad and Ihave in the first paragraph. I've seen that many times in many other documents I've transcribed going back to the 15th century, so it's not an idiosyncrasy of his. It...”
Lucio Alvarez added a note to 3 in folder 095: Correspondence, 1–20 January 1822, saying “I've transcribed a lot of documents from the 15th to 19th centuries, and writers often connect a single-letter word with the word following it. So, when he writes 'afavorable' it's not an idiosyncrasy of his, it's common practice.”
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