Transcription of ACA's handwritten note
David Lewis
coyotez at UOREGON.EDU
Wed Jun 1 18:06:49 UTC 2005
Very Interesting. The handwriting also compares well to those
manuscripts we have in the SWORP collection from Anderson.
David Lewis
Jeffrey Kopp wrote:
> Great work, I was mostly certain of only the first two lines. (I can
> read attorney scratching, but they don't use nib pens any more. The
> red erasable ballpoint that young women attorneys seem fond of is
> pretty bad, though.)
>
> Aha, so we still have a mystery as to the source of this lexicon. It
> does differ from the usuals.
>
> At 11:37 PM 05/31/05, Leanne Riding wrote:
>
>> <http://www.ourroots.ca/e/viewpage.asp?ID=215971&size=2
>> <http://www.ourroots.ca/e/viewpage.asp?ID=215971&size=2>>
>>
>> Transcription of Anderson's handwritten note:
>>
>> "This vocabulary was not compiled by me and is very incorrect -- it
>> was inserted without my concurrence -- A good vocabulary has been
>> published with my aid by the Smithsonian Institute."
>>
>> And having been a proofreader thats the best reading you're likely to
>> get ;)
>>
>> - Leanne
>
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