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Begun at Santa Barbara Cal February 12 15 1917- , Mon 15 Mail to be charged To Vickery's Art Gallery 550 Sutter St 57 [[image]] [[right of image]] Sacramento [[Right margin]] 150 72 300 1050 10.800 words in this book about [[/right margin]] Souvenirs and Remenicences 1 A "book of remembrance" 1852 Maluchi3 I have no recollection of the place in which I was born, but an old diary [[*left margin]]about 150 words to a page[[/left margin]]of my Fathers, which I once saw, written in Hannibal Missouri under date of September 23rd 1852 contained the following - "Shooting this morning with Carroll. Child, boy, born this evening. weighed nine pounds. Dr. So-and-so and Mrs So-and-so in attendence" - This Mr. Carroll appears to have been an Irish gentleman of sporting tastes who was out seeing America and who was my God Father, after whom I was named. How we happened at Hannibal Mo in a little nebulous but, my Father had been a teacher in the Oxford N.Y. Academy, where he was educated. And was a Surveyor, and the lands bordering upon the Missippi at that early date needed mathematical subdivision, thus through
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Please note, this is my first time transcribing. There was a multiplication calculation on the inside cover right margin. I was not sure how to translate this. Did I do this correctly or is there another way to write out something like this?
[[image]]-Image of Northern California Cities/Bodies of water from Napa,CA to San Jose, CA