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Posted by not-my-real-name on March 27, 2023 at 2:12 amHere’s a word game. I can’t tell what it is, but I can show you. It describes a survey mark on a map from the 18th century. It looks like two words, and the last word looks like “stones”
Hellsangle replied 1 year, 6 months ago 10 Members · 22 Replies -
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“To be set later”
“Origin unknown”
“Found plastic root beer bottle”
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Seriously, any chance the first part resembles any potential owner’s name?
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L(ord) dork of stones.
Definitely talking about a surveyor.
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Other marks on the map might provide a clue to deciphering that scribble. Can you post the entire thing, or a link to where it can be downloaded?
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It looks like ink has flaked off on places.
L…..&stones
Maybe even
L..Mark&stones
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The handwriting style of the 1700s does not necessarily conform to more recent styles. Is it possible that what appears to be a “d” could be a “t” if the little squiggle floating nearby was intended to be a crossing of the “t”?
Hard to judge handwriting. I have a letter on my desk from a Susan Strong. The capital S of each name is a bit different from the other. Weird. You would expect them to be identical.
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Ooo Ooo Ooo, I got it now. The swirl is supposed to be crossing the “t” in the first word. The “L” is shorthand for Large. Then you get………..wait for it…………Large stack of stones.
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You are right. I often look at other words in these document to see the shapes of letters and get context.
My colleague has the map. He is writing a book, and I am collaborating.
When I get a copy of the map I’ll post it here.
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Another thing to consider when reading old documents like this is the use of the long S in words with a ss. The letter will resemble a a lower case f.Â
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The older I get, the better I used to be.
No more accurate statement has ever been made.
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@dougieÂ
It’s not from a survey. I am collaborating with a colleague who is writing a book. I am the survey consultant.Â
Some other words that we came upon, and were able to translate were Hackmatack, Popple, and Chaise House.
In order, they are (in modern language) Tamarack or Lodge Pole pine, Poplar tree, and Carriage House. We took a liberty on the last one. Chaise is chair in French.
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Have you read Norman Van Valkenburgh’s books? He was a surveyor and turned out two or three novels and some history of the Catskill area of New York.
https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Catskills-Norman-Van-Valkenburgh/dp/0935796371
Someone sent two to me and I passed them on to someone on the forum. They may have gone to Belgium after that.
If anyone has them, I’d like to be reminded of where the car went off the road, as I think it may have been near the land someone was asking about on this forum a couple-three years ago.
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Cool. I have heard about those books. Perhaps it was on this forum.
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