Notes

Collection: Early California

User	Note	Page	Work	Collection	Time
OMalley	Thank you. I did not want to delete it not knowing where that text had come from.	cam_AdaFlorenceWhiteCurtis_FamilyBiblePages_B023_F002_001	Ada Florence White Curtis Family Bible	Early California	23 days ago
California State Library	Thank you for your help transcribing these documents. Page 2 of this collection does not contain any handwritten information.	cam_AdaFlorenceWhiteCurtis_FamilyBiblePages_B023_F002_001	Ada Florence White Curtis Family Bible	Early California	24 days ago
bjr2629	To keep direct links between words in notes, repeated "mind" and "intellect" for seperate stems of notes.	cam_Ella_Kelly_Teaching_Notebook_B020_F004_005	Ella L Kelly Teaching Notebook	Early California	25 days ago
OMalley	Not sure where missing page 2 text comes from so we have to assume it is correct.	cam_AdaFlorenceWhiteCurtis_FamilyBiblePages_B023_F002_001	Ada Florence White Curtis Family Bible	Early California	26 days ago
OMalley	I transcribed most of the original, as there were so many additions that were sentence fragments and repeats of statements. I believe the original points are covered.	cams_GraceDRansburg_b010_f010_001_021	Grace D. Ransburg	Early California	29 days ago
OMalley	When trying to add in the newer written words, the paragraphs don't line up and fragments don't fit or they repeat the prior sentences. So after MUCH work, trying to figure out what she said/had edited etc., I came back to it and transcribed it as...	cams_GraceDRansburg_b010_f010_001_013	Grace D. Ransburg	Early California	29 days ago
OMalley	It never changes does it? We have probably all been at our wit's end about the noisy neighbors!	cam_MasonLetters_B1878_F12_001_008	Annie Mason Letters, 1852-1862	Early California	about 1 month ago
OMalley	Annie Mason's description of a coyote, how they run, then stop & look back at you, is so perfect and exactly how they act in my yard, 172 years later. "The coyote (pronounced cayoty) is much like the fox...they are very impudent animals – if we s...	cam_MasonLetters_B1878_F12_001_004	Annie Mason Letters, 1852-1862	Early California	about 1 month ago
OMalley	Annie Mason likes to use the word "ere" and every time I come to it, I pause...what does that say....eve? A symbol? AH yes..."ere'! :)	cam_MasonLetters_B1878_F11_001_004	Annie Mason Letters, 1852-1862	Early California	about 1 month ago
OMalley	Also, this steamer, the Independence, was owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, and carried mail and passengers through the Nicaragua route to California. It was in competition with those that used the Panama route. Two completely different viewpoints fr...	cam_MasonLetters_B1878_F10_001_003	Annie Mason Letters, 1852-1862	Early California	about 1 month ago
OMalley	I am sure mail got lost but while I was transcribing pardons over on the Library of Congress site, I noticed a few were for men who stole money from the mail.	cam_MasonLetters_B1878_F11_001_002	Annie Mason Letters, 1852-1862	Early California	about 1 month ago
OMalley	That "nice little party" was given by John Bankhead Magruder (May 1, 1807 – February 18, 1871) US Army, Confederate Army, Mexican land commissioner, involved in the California "Rancho Jamacha" legal battle over transfers of ownership of a Mexican...	cam_MasonLetters_B1878_F10_001_003	Annie Mason Letters, 1852-1862	Early California	about 1 month ago
California State Library	Thank you for your help transcribing. This is the backside of the previous page, we understand that there is some bleed through, but we want to capture all handwritten notes.	cam_PlacerCountyLiquorLicenses_B019_F005_002B	Placer County liquor licenses, 1851	Early California	2 months ago
nicholeeanne	Most of the writing is inverted	cam_PlacerCountyLiquorLicenses_B019_F005_002B	Placer County liquor licenses, 1851	Early California	2 months ago
California State Library	Thank you for your help, in the review process we will deal with any issues.	cams_GraceDRansburg_b010_f010_001_021	Grace D. Ransburg	Early California	3 months ago
California State Library	Thank you for your help transcribing. We prefer that documents be transcribed exactly as written including alternate spelling, in the review process following in-house guidelines we will deal with misspellings.	cams_BachtalHumbert_b011_f006_006_001	Bachtal Humbert Family	Early California	3 months ago
California State Library	Thank you for your help transcribing these documents. To indicate correct spellings of names, you can do this [[Joinquin Miller\|Cincinnatus Heine Miller]] and so on.	cam_HoneymoonTripToCAandOR_B019_F006_004C	Letters written during honeymoon trip to California and Oregon, 1872	Early California	3 months ago
OMalley	Sailor Henry marched 10 miles in new shoes, and describes how he was almost afraid to take them off, but "pain conquered fear".	cam_AnonymousLetterUSSMinnesota_B020_F013_001C	Anonymous Letter USS Minnesota	Early California	3 months ago
OMalley	Sailor Henry writes "Maybe this won't interest you much..." yet here I am, almost exactly 117 years later, transcribing all 5 pages of his letter at 3 a.m. because I found it so interesting. Photos of his letter and its digital transcription are ...	cam_AnonymousLetterUSSMinnesota_B020_F013_001E	Anonymous Letter USS Minnesota	Early California	3 months ago
OMalley	I like that he wrote his brother was all "frazzled" over a proposed mining deal. I did not know that term was in use in 1903.	cam_AdolphusMShenk_B020_F001_001C	Adolphus M. Shenk Letter	Early California	3 months ago
OMalley	This is the first page of 30 in a really interesting diary of Grace D Ransburg's trip by camp wagon from Everett, Washington to Los Angeles, California in 1911. I don't know how old she was when she made the trip. She wrote very well and clearly, ...	cams_GraceDRansburg_b010_f010_001_001	Grace D. Ransburg	Early California	3 months ago
OMalley	This last paragraph, with all its rewrites, is a mess to track deletions and additions! I separated each sentence part with additions/deletions & tried to decipher what the ending paragraph should look like, to capture her meaning. I think her fir...	cams_GraceDRansburg_b010_f010_001_021	Grace D. Ransburg	Early California	3 months ago
Adanacs lacrosse777	Amanda a poor speller plus may be using alternate spelling in use back then. Transcriber at times corrects the spellings . Is this any concern.	cams_BachtalHumbert_b011_f006_006_001	Bachtal Humbert Family	Early California	3 months ago
OMalley	FYI-Here he first writes Mr. Spaford then clearly starts calling him Mr. Saford, on this page & the next.	cam_HoneymoonTripToCAandOR_B019_F006_011C	Letters written during honeymoon trip to California and Oregon, 1872	Early California	3 months ago
OMalley	How do I indicate this man whose name is misspelled as Joinquin Miller, is Cincinnatus Heine Miller, better known by his pen name Joaquin Miller? Do I tag it or put the correct spelling Joaquin after his first name?	cam_HoneymoonTripToCAandOR_B019_F006_004C	Letters written during honeymoon trip to California and Oregon, 1872	Early California	3 months ago
Adanacs lacrosse777	Chair tidy : cover for back of chair mostly in front and or arm rests for protection they are washable.	cams_BachtalHumbert_b011_f006_003_001	Bachtal Humbert Family	Early California	3 months ago
Adanacs lacrosse777	Daguerrean : refers to an early photographic process	cams_BachtalHumbert_b011_f006_001_002	Bachtal Humbert Family	Early California	3 months ago
California State Library	Thank you for your help transcribing these documents. Handwriting styles sometimes make it difficult to transcribe documents, but a different set of eyes may be able to make a better determination. That is why all transcriptions are review by mult...	cam_JosephWStow1864_B018_F016_007A	Joseph W. Stow	Early California	4 months ago
California State Library	Thank you for your help transcribing these documents. We will review all transcriptions to ensure that they are as accurate as possible, due to the different handwriting styles it can be difficult to determine some words, but we will double check ...	cam_JosephWStow1864_B018_F016_006B	Joseph W. Stow	Early California	4 months ago
tannie	Thank you, MaryV	cam_JosephWStow1864_B018_F016_007A	Joseph W. Stow	Early California	4 months ago
tannie	Line 2 - unable to make out word between they and have - do? Line 10 - abbreviation for Yours? (Yrs?)	cam_JosephWStow1864_B018_F016_006C	Joseph W. Stow	Early California	4 months ago
MaryV	I think it is Dear Sir , tannie	cam_JosephWStow1864_B018_F016_007A	Joseph W. Stow	Early California	4 months ago
tannie	Line 3 salutation - Dear? Dearest?	cam_JosephWStow1864_B018_F016_007A	Joseph W. Stow	Early California	4 months ago
tannie	Line 1, third word - Cal? (abbreviation for California?) Line 11, second and third words - believe referring to Branford Lock Works, but cannot make out the last letter of Locke? Locks?	cam_JosephWStow1864_B018_F016_006B	Joseph W. Stow	Early California	4 months ago