Re: People mentioned in old books

CWatters wrote:

I recently purchased a 110 year old edition of the Century Magazine (An
American publication). I got it for an article on early flying experiments
but it's full of interesting stories on other topics. One or two of these
are stories describing the wagon trains and ships that set off for
California in the 1850s. The articles frequently mention the names of people
who set off and sometimes died on route. I recall one was described as an
Englishman from Sheffield.

My question is this... Is it worth going to the trouble of transcribing the
names in the book like this and putting them up on the internet? What's the
probability of someone making a link? Is there a web based repository for
such information?


Colin -

It sounds a fascinating magazine it sounds! I presume the ship passengers to California travelled down to Central America, then by land across the isthmus before taking another ship north again. This was how the USA first got embroiled in the Caribbean and Central American politics, there was a lot of in-fighting between the shipping companies, a lot of money made (and doled out as bribes), and little concern for the people of Central America. Some did go the long way, around the Horn.

So far as the names are concerned, I would not consider transcribing full articles at this stage, (although they may delight some of us). You could note the names and post them to see if they are of interest to anyone.

If you could scan what they say about early flying experiments I would love a copy.

Yours Aye Andrew Sellon
If you have ever paid any attention to the habits of animals, you will know that donkeys are remarkably cunning in opening gates. The way to stop them is to have two latches instead of one: a human being has two hands, and lifts up both latches at once; a donkey has only one nose, and latch /a/ drops, as he quits it to lift up latch /b/. Rev. Sydney Smith 1771-1854, Canon of St. Paul's.

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