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'Tis the season for almanacs

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By the way, if you want to take a gander at a 1565 almanac (the calendar only, without the prognostication), we have one in our digital image collection: http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/t1018c

Sarah Werner — December 12, 2013

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Noticed some bracketed question marks in the caption to the inscription: I think the guy’s name is actually Edward Masewell (he ran out of room). And the whole thing sounds like part of the beginning of some sort of agreement, so “of the one P[ar]ty” (the “e” in “one” is a two stroke e). There is an “&” after the last name, indicating that the writer was planning to include additional other “parties” to the agreement. It is not unusual to see these sorts of draft excerpts from common types of legal documents on endleaves.

Heather Wolfe — December 13, 2013

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Thanks, Heather–I took the transcription from the catalog record, so I’ll let Deborah know about your comment!

Sarah Werner — December 13, 2013

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There has been a mistranscription of the name of the previous owner which reads Edward Maxwell not Edward Mason. The unknown/uncertain words would seem to me to probably be ‘enc[lose]d p[roper]ty’ but I would be less certain of this.
Regards
Cliff Webb

Cliff Webb — January 17, 2014

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Yes, Maxwell seems more probable than Masewell (see my 13 December comment)! Thanks for your suggestion.

Heather Wolfe — January 31, 2014

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