Language interpretation redux, James Kenny journal
Jun 20, 2020 20:40:41 GMT -7
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Post by brokennock on Jun 20, 2020 20:40:41 GMT -7
I asked this in the thread about compass use that produced the James Kenney journal many of us are enjoying, and got no response. Perhaps it is best asked about separately.
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Reading this journal, I come upon several things I'm not sure about. Some of them I can reason out. Some of them, like this one, I think would be obvious if I knew more about the author.
Anyone know what this means, "...This day ye Commissioner begins my year. This
morning we went to run out my third year Place..."
The commissioner begins the author's year?
He has already surveyed, or run out, his and his brother's places, as well as what I take to be another of his own tracts of land. But he now will run out his, "third year place." I'm confused by the use of "year" in this instance.
Here is the post copied and pasted,
Reading this journal, I come upon several things I'm not sure about. Some of them I can reason out. Some of them, like this one, I think would be obvious if I knew more about the author.
Anyone know what this means, "...This day ye Commissioner begins my year. This
morning we went to run out my third year Place..."
The commissioner begins the author's year?
He has already surveyed, or run out, his and his brother's places, as well as what I take to be another of his own tracts of land. But he now will run out his, "third year place." I'm confused by the use of "year" in this instance.
