Posted 11 years ago
ho2cultcha
(5051 items)
Calfskin, gilded edges 4.5" x 2.5". Most of this book is filled w/ numbers of sacks of potatoes and the names of the farmers. Some of it has quantities of wood to build a house, while others look like shopping lists and some strange stuff about courts and district attorneys. I wish i was better at reading people's handwriting. There seems to be some interesting inscriptions in this.
can someone figure out what the third and fourth photos read? something about court officials somewhere and bloomingdales?
Court
????? Griffin
Detroit, Minn
Col Warren
US Dept Ma??
Detroit
Charles Moultin
interpreter
Hringer
Dist Atty
C O Christenson
Circuit Court
U S Comm at Crookston
You can find handwriting examples here.
http://help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4364/~/tips-for-reading-old-handwriting
In comment #2 what I thought was an H I think should be St, so I think the name should be Stringer. There was a E.C. Stringer as a United States Attorney in the District Of Minnesota from 1894-1898.
Picture #4
H C Hansen
son of a ??????? Bloomingdon (misspelled should be Bloomington)
is his father in ????
store in Bloomington
Dosa Bold (Dosa could be Dosia [Polish])
Madison Wis
thanks so much walksoftly!
You're welcome, glad to help.