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Tiny 1892-95 Account Book for Minnesota Potatoe Farmer

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    Posted 11 years ago

    ho2cultcha
    (5042 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.

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    1. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 11 years ago
      can someone figure out what the third and fourth photos read? something about court officials somewhere and bloomingdales?
    2. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      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
    3. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      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
    4. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 11 years ago
      thanks so much walksoftly!
    5. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      You're welcome, glad to help.

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