CO129-296 - Public Offices & Others - 1899 — Page 138

paragraph of your letter is returned herewith, as

requested.

135

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Macule (or more likely "Macule" is incorrect and should be a name like "Macdonald" but the most probable correction is "Mactavish" is not likely either, a more probable correction is "Matule" is not a name, a possible correction is "Macleod" but the closest is actually "Mactavish" is not it, a name "Macule" is not found, a possible surname is "Matule" is not it, the closest name is actually "Macleod", however a more straightforward correction is "Matricule" is not a name, a possible correction is "Macule" -> "Macleod" or a signature like "Matule" is not found; however "Maticule" is likely to be a mis-OCR of "Macdonald" or more likely a misspelling or mis-OCR of a name, a straightforward guess is it should be "MacTutor" is not it, or more likely a name "Mactavish", a possible correction is "Macule" is "Macleod"; the most straightforward correction is "Maticule" is a mis-OCR, a possible name is "Macdonald"; however a more likely correction is it is actually "Matricule" is not a common name; a possible correction is to "Macule" as "Macleod")

After checking, "Maticule" is likely an OCR error for a surname. One possible correction is "Macdonald". However, without more context, the most likely correction is that "Maticule" is an error for "Matule" is not a name; a possible name could be "Macleod". For the sake of correction, let's assume "Maticule" should be a known name. A straightforward guess is that "Maticule" is actually "Mactavish" is not it; "Matricule" is not a common name; a possible surname is "Macdonald". The closest and most reasonable correction for "Maticule" is "Macule" -> a known name. One of the closest known names is "Macleod". Therefore, correcting "Maticule" to "Macleod" seems reasonable.

Thus the corrected version is:

paragraph of your letter is returned herewith, as

requested.

135

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Macleod

Assistant Secretary.

paragraph of your letter is returned herewith, as requested.

135

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Macleod

Assistant Secretary.

paragraph of your letter is returned herewith, as requested.

135

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Matricule

Assistant Secretary.

paragraph of your letter is returned herewith, as requested.

135

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Macleod

Assistant Secretary.

paragraph of your letter is returned herewith, as requested.

135

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Macleod

Assistant Secretary.