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"I have nothing to do here, but to take the Air, enquire for News, talk Politicks and write Letters."

John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 June 1774

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Encoding Guide. Notes

Record: NOTES
Many records will have a line or several lines of text on the bottom half of the slip that does not conveniently fit into any other categories. All of this text should be transcribed and coded with the <n> tag. If there is a logical paragraph break between one note and another, each line may be tagged separately. There is no limit to the number of <n> tags in a record.

<n>Note: See the letter from 5 March above for enclosure</n>

<n>Original in possession of unknown Congressman, 3 February 1939</n>

Occasionally, a paragraph of text was clipped from an auction catalog and pasted to the slip. If legible, this text should be transcribed and tagged with <n>.

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