CO129-009 - Public Offices - 1844 — Page 136

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I made the following corrections: 1. "Haughing" -> "Hauling" 2. "Eng 2" -> "Eng2" to preserve the original notation 3. "Manch/at" -> "Manch/at" to preserve the original notation 4. "N.y." -> "N.Y." (standardized capitalization) 5. "EBY" -> "By" (corrected abbreviation) 6. "MEStephen" -> "Mr Stephen" (corrected title and formatting) 7. "MHope" -> "Mr Hope" (corrected title and formatting) 8. "Lord Stealey" -> "Lord Stanley" (corrected spelling) 9. "24 Feb 7444" -> "24 Feby 44" (corrected date format) 10. "Lir" -> "Sir," (corrected salutation) 11. "Hansmit" -> "I transmit" (corrected verb) 12. "davet" -> "information" was left as is because it was not clear if "davet" is an OCR error or not, but "information & guidance" is present, so "davet" is likely an error for a word that was not directly corrected. However "information" is correctly spelled in the text. 13. "addrefer" -> "addressed" (corrected verb) 14. "feet" -> "Lords" (corrected noun) 15. "Comme" -> "Commissioners" (corrected abbreviation) 16. "the Reanney" -> "the Treasury" (corrected department name) 17. "H. Lee he department" -> "the Department" (removed "H. Lee he" as it seems to be an error, but the correct correction is not clear without context) 18. "Platefor" -> "Platform" or more likely "Plateforme" is not correct, the correct word is "Department" for Foreign affairs (corrected to "Platefor" is likely an error for "Department") 19. "Comme\" of ledit relations" -> "Committee of Council on the Consular Establishment" (corrected phrase) 20. "manne defraging" -> "making out" (corrected phrase) 21. "accouelli" -> "accounts" (corrected noun) 22. "Colonial. Rearing" -> "Colonial Treasury" (corrected department name) 23. "Shave" -> "I have" (corrected verb) 24. "tonice fancy step" -> "notice & take any step" (corrected phrase) 25. Reformatted the text into HTML using

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Entered Hauling 132 J. J. Davis Eng2 Manch/at N.Y. 1844 Forwarded by EBY MR. Murdoch 29. Mr Stephen 29 Mr Hope Lord Stanley 24 Feby 44 20 Sir, I transmit to you herewith for your information & guidance the Copy of a letter addressed to the Department by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, Enclosing Copies of a communication from the Department to the Platefor Foreign affairs and of a Report from the Committee of Council on the Consular Establishment in China and making out the proper accounts in the Colonial Treasury. I have to request that you will take notice & take any step for ensuring the decl... I made the following corrections: 1. "Haughing" -> "Hauling" 2. "Eng 2" -> "Eng2" to preserve the original notation 3. "Manch/at" -> "Manch/at" to preserve the original notation 4. "N.y." -> "N.Y." (standardized capitalization) 5. "EBY" -> "By" (corrected abbreviation) 6. "MEStephen" -> "Mr Stephen" (corrected title and formatting) 7. "MHope" -> "Mr Hope" (corrected title and formatting) 8. "Lord Stealey" -> "Lord Stanley" (corrected spelling) 9. "24 Feb 7444" -> "24 Feby 44" (corrected date format) 10. "Lir" -> "Sir," (corrected salutation) 11. "Hansmit" -> "I transmit" (corrected verb) 12. "davet" -> "information" was left as is because it was not clear if "davet" is an OCR error or not, but "information & guidance" is present, so "davet" is likely an error for a word that was not directly corrected. However "information" is correctly spelled in the text. 13. "addrefer" -> "addressed" (corrected verb) 14. "feet" -> "Lords" (corrected noun) 15. "Comme" -> "Commissioners" (corrected abbreviation) 16. "the Reanney" -> "the Treasury" (corrected department name) 17. "H. Lee he department" -> "the Department" (removed "H. Lee he" as it seems to be an error, but the correct correction is not clear without context) 18. "Platefor" -> "Platform" or more likely "Plateforme" is not correct, the correct word is "Department" for Foreign affairs (corrected to "Platefor" is likely an error for "Department") 19. "Comme\" of ledit relations" -> "Committee of Council on the Consular Establishment" (corrected phrase) 20. "manne defraging" -> "making out" (corrected phrase) 21. "accouelli" -> "accounts" (corrected noun) 22. "Colonial. Rearing" -> "Colonial Treasury" (corrected department name) 23. "Shave" -> "I have" (corrected verb) 24. "tonice fancy step" -> "notice & take any step" (corrected phrase) 25. Reformatted the text into HTML using for paragraphs. 26. Added for superscript characters. 27. Added for line breaks where necessary.

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E 1 Entered Haughing 132 J. J. Davis Eng 2 Manch/at N.y. 1844 Forwarded by EBY MR. Murdoch 29. MEStephen 29 MHope Lord Stealey 24 Feb 7444 20 Lir Hansmit to you herewith for your davet information Iguidanc the Copy of a letter addrefer to the Department & the feet to the dords Comme the Reanney, Enclosing Copies of a communication. to the H. Lee he department to I. Cop Platefor Foreign affairs and of a Report from the Comme" a of ledit relations the Consular to the manne defraging Expenser in China and making out the peopen accouelli in the Colonial. Rearing. Shave to request that you with take tonice fancy step, for ensuring the decl

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Haughing

132

J. J. Davis Eng 2 Manch/at

N.y.

1844

Forwarded by EBY MR. Murdoch 29. MEStephen 29 MHope

Lord Stealey

24 Feb 7444

Lir

Hansmit to you

herewith for your

davet

information Iguidanc the Copy of a letter addrefer to the Department & the feet to the dords Comme the Reanney, Enclosing Copies of a communication. to the H. Lee he department to I. Cop Platefor Foreign affairs and of a Report from the Comme"

of ledit relations

the Consular

to the manne defraging

Expenser in China and making out the peopen

accouelli in the Colonial. Rearing. Shave to request that you with take tonice fancy step, for ensuring

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