MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-973 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter was probably written in 1856, one of the years that the Ohio State Fair was held in Cleveland (September 23-26, 1856) - see also a letter written a few days later (September 3, 1856) by Charles Pease's grandfather, Jared Potter Kirtlan...”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0004 in RK-973 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter was written by Robert Kennicott's friend, Charles Pease, Jr. (grandson of Kennicott's Cleveland mentor, Jared Potter Kirtland).”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-972 in Kennicott Documents, saying “Although unsigned, the handwriting is certainly by Mary Elizabeth Kirtland Pease. Her maternal grandfather, Joshua Atwater, lived in Wallingford, CT.”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-971 in Kennicott Documents, saying “Although undated, this letter was possibly written Monday, October 18, 1858. Robert Kennicott stopped in Cleveland, OH for three days to visit the Pease family (and his mentor, Jared Potter Kirtland) on his way to Washington, DC. From Cleveland, h...”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0002 in RK-971 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This letter is signed "friend M.E. Pease" (Mary Elizabeth Kirtland Pease, daughter of Robert Kennicott's Cleveland mentor, Jared Potter Kirtland, and also mother of Kennicott's good friend Charles Pease, Jr.).”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-970 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The name in line 9 is "Melsheimer" [not Melskeimer]. The book being requested by Miss Newell is the "Catalogue of the Described Coleoptera of the United States" - an 1853 Smithsonian publication authored by Friedrich Ernst Melsheimer (also Samuel ...”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-969 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This appears to be signed by Owen Lovejoy, member of the US House of Representatives representing Illinois 1857-1864.”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-966 in Kennicott Documents, saying “line 7 "birds" should be "buds"
line 18 "bathwood" should be "basswood"
line 19 strikethrough is Tilia americana (the scientific name of American basswood)
line 23 "bags" should be "bass"”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-962 in Kennicott Documents, saying “I believe this letter was written from Robert Kennicott to his father John Kennicott on Saturday, February 12, 1859, as it refers to a letter written by John the previous Wednesday and enclosing a letter from Cyrus Thomas. The Wednesday letter fro...”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-959 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The snake species mentioned in lines 4 and 24 is "E fulvius" (Elaps fulvius, today called Micrurus fulvius in the coral snake family, Elapidae.”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-957 in Kennicott Documents, saying “Looks more like a draft of an article on swamp rabbits, likely for the Prairie Farmer magazine - page 1 missing.”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0002 in RK-956 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This appears to be an inventory of specimens obtained by Robert Kennicott while in Washington DC for the Northwestern University Museum, c.1858.”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0002 in RK-955 in Kennicott Documents, saying “"De Saussure" was the Swiss entomologist, Henri Louis Frederic de Saussure. "Dr. Clemans" was the American entomologist James Brackenridge Clemens.”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-955 in Kennicott Documents, saying “By the context, this note was likely written sometime between October 24, 1857 (when Robert Kennicott returned to The Grove from collecting specimens in the north Red River area for the Northwestern University Museum) and mid-December 1857 (when R...”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0017 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “Presumably, all the beetle specimens included in this list were destroyed in the Chicago fire of 1871.”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0016 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “This is probably page 1 of the list since ends with beetles in the family Cerambycidae, and the page with a 2 on top (posted as p.1) continues with more Cerambycidae.”
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MosquitoMike added a note to page_0015 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 5, "Xylorictes" is a misspelling of Xyloryctes.
In line 12, "Hoplea" is a misspelling of Hoplia.
In line 24, "Cremastochilus castanea" is a misspelling of Cremastocheilus castaneae.”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0014 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 17, "terristrus" is a misspelling of terristris.
In line 25, "paralellus" is a misspelling of parallelus. ”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0013 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 24, "quarimaculatum" is a misspelling of quadrimaculatum.
In line 25, "Biethisa" is a misspelling of Blethisa.”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0007 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “In line 18, "Elateradae" is a misspelling of Elateridae.
In line 19, "oculattus" is a misspelling of oculatus.”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0002 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “"Leptoslylus" is a misspelling for Leptostylus (neglected to cross the "t").
“Hypomeves” is a misspelling for Hypomeces.”
MosquitoMike added a note to page_0001 in RK-954 in Kennicott Documents, saying “The pages of this beetle list are out of order.
"Monohammus" is a misspelling for Monochamus.
"Larpeda" should be the genus Saperda (likely difficult to read on specimen label).
"Strangalea" is a misspelling for Strangalia.
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