"hane"

[Mike Trittipo]

On Dec 27 2007, Jerry Katsell wrote:
>            Just another thought: if the manifest writer’s language was
>German, “hane” could be short for . . .          
>            I agree with Deborah that a visual of the manifest could be
>very helpful.

I agree that it it makes sense to seek out an image of the original, 
presumably handwritten, manifest from which the typed one was made. And I 
never quite saw the leap from the predicate that ships' manifests were 
prepared at the departure point, to a conclusion that the term must be 
specifically Czech, given that the Czech lands are land-locked, so only 
river traffic leaves there.

Michael Trittipo
Minneapolis, MN

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