DAILP

Eagan pointed out that the acronym is "DAILP," and I confirmed it at Northeastern's website: https://dailp.northeastern.edu/

should this letter be capitalized?

should a comma follow this word?

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"larger-scale-, art-activation projects"?

"small-scale, capacity-building-projects"?

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Please spell out "52"

does a comma follow this word?

does a comma follow this word?

I think a period may follow this word.

does a comma follow this word?

There is a stutter in the audio here, but does "be" precede "a steward"?

Should all three words be capitalized?

Should a comma follow this word?

Should a comma follow this word?

Don't think you want the quotation mark here?

I think "that" is followed by "but," and then the quoted material needs curly quotes with the reversed directionality for the first.

The directionality of these question marks needs to be reversed.

Should this letter be capitalized?

Should this semicolon be a comma?

Should a comma follow this word?

Please spell out "40" and "45"

Should a comma follow this word?

Should this letter be capitalized?

Should this comma be a semi-colon?

Should this be "bricolage"?

Should a comma follow this word, and after "metal," and after "ground"?

Should these words be capitalized?

Should this be treated like a quotation?

Should this letter be capitalized--as well as the "we" that follows?

Should a comma follow this word?

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Should a comma follow this word?

Should a comma follow this word?

Black? And should this be "all-Black"?

Should a comma follow this word?

Should a comma follow this word and also after "part-time"?

Should this letter be capitalized?

Should this letter be capitalized?

Same question here.

Should this be treated as a quotation?

Should a comma follow this word and after "trend"?

Should this letter be capitalized?

Should a comma follow this word?

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Black here and at the end of the sentence.

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Should there be a mark of punctuation following this word, such as a dash?

I think this number should be spelled out, as at the end of this sentence.

should a comma follow this word?

Should a comma follow this word?

Let's use curly quotes or straight quotes throughout consistently.

Should a comma follow this word?

Should all of this be formatted as the preceding remark, in quotation marks?

Curly quotes have been used throughout, so we need a curly quote at end of this comment with the first quote reversed in orientation.

Should a dash also follow this word?

Should a mark of punctuation--like a dash--follow this word?

Should a comma follow this word?

Close quotation marks needed here

Should this letter be capitalized?

Should a comma follow this word?

creative-art-inflected? OR creative art-inflected?

Should the end of the sentence also be in quotation marks?

Same question

Should this question be enclosed in quotation mark?

Should a comma follow this word?

Same question here.

Should this quotation be in quotation marks?

Should a comma follow this word?

comma follows here?

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Same question as above about "Project" vs "project" for consistency. I won't mention this question again.

Should a comma follow this word?

Is this word "are"?

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Should a comma follow this word?

Should a comma follow this word?

See my question above about "Project," and let's treat these kind of instances in the same way.

Is this a title, and should there be caps here?

Should this comma be a colon?

I think you can use "Roberts'" or "Roberts's" but the practice should be consistent in this introduction.

"have"

Should this word be followed by a comma?

Roberts'

shouldn't this be "project's"? Or if you're considering this word as a tile, is it too generic? In the latter case, should you lengthen it to something like "the Freedom Colonies Project"? I am asking, rather than imposing on your decision.

Spacing seems a bit extended here as well?

Spacing seems a little off here as well?

Is there a reason the spacing presents oddly in this note?

You will need to decide how or whether to represent the pen tests/practice letter "J" at the end of this letter, along with other similar material features of these letters--either generally in the introduction or individually with a note where you find them in the letters.

I believe "Has" is actually "Hes"

"mill[illegible]: "milleked," probably meaning "milked" "John" is "Johns" as in "John's" The second illeg. may be "lined"; "back" makes more sense than "beck," which is the way I construe this word, but I don't see any other "a" formations with a loop like the second letter. Perhaps research can help construe this word.

I only see "fother" here?

We will both need to review this phrase closely. I don't have time to work further on it now.

"troath": the first two letters are "br" I think.

I am confused by this header: the letter appears to be addressed to Lucy Cook?

Where is the manuscript image for this note to Alfred?

I think this word is "recussote" ("resuscitate"); his "o" in several places looks like an "i" without the i-dot or an "e", and I think the latter is the case here because he is very consistent with i-dots.

Although I agree that the second letter looks like her "s" it also slightly resembles the "r" (see "troubles"), so he may write "arduus" ("arduous").

But doesn't the use of "yet" imply that she would have been living with them at this moment? Are you sure this identification is correct?

Capitalize if this is a title?

I think these letters are clear enough and do not need brackets. He may intend "bull frog"

suggest revise to "where he stayed"

Should the first letter be capitalized here?

I do not see any words between "norfolk" and "north carolina"

What you are seeing at the descending stroke of a "g" is the "l" in "carolina" below. I believe he simply writes "on" here, usining it as a verb.

This word may be "abeer"; the letter following "b" has been overwritten over another letter, but this sounds like the son of someone whose name may be "Abraham" or "Abner" or something like that. Can you research local folks to see whether that search might enable us to construe this word?

This appears to be "aGr in my pale": probably a reference to something in her urine or fecal matter in the bed pan?

I am only spot checking here, but it appears that Sarah characteristically makes all of her "c" letter capital "C", and the same with "g" as "G," regardless of their placement. Can you comment, since you are more familiar with her hand than I am?

Don't you typically spell out his name in full?

Should this letter note that it is also addressed to John and to his other male children who are old enough to do work in the field and around the house? See my comments below on some of the illegible material.

Isn't this word "Jams" (probably "James")?

This word is "or"

This is "John" (his son)

Is this a capital "C"?

I believe this word is "now"

Is this a capital "M"?

This is a capital "C"

Is this word "hom"?

Looks like "lad" to me, or, less likely, "lud"

Is this "you" or "your"?

Is this "soon" or "son" (but meaning "soon")?

This looks like "woud" (as in "would") to me.

Is this word "prifesy"--as in "privacy"?

If you are using punctuation, it will be necessary to form a complete sentence; the same principle applies if you begin more than one sentence with an incomplete sentence. Consistency is the important idea here. I would suggest something like "This is a reference to Fields Miller, Alonzo's cousin.

Please change to active voice, something to the effect of "Miller may also suggest that Phebe has been unfaithful."

Could you clarify this point? Typically, a wet nurse is someone a family hires to nurse newborns. Are you suggesting that wet nurses bring the children of those who had hired them to the hospital, or are the infants the biological child of the hired wet nurse?

a comma should follow this word

PLease clarify this sentence. Something like "Although Miller is listed as age 21 at the time of his enlistment, other information may contradict that citation. If, as his grave stone suggests, he were born in 1831--long before his parents John and Phebe married and suggesting that he had attained the age of 30 when he enlisted in 1861."

revise to "Lottie's birth date [two words] is too late for her to be Sarah and Alonzo's child."

named?

revise to "it is unclear whether she is the child . . ."

"as living"

boarders

please vary word choice, since you use "issues" above also.

add a comma to follow "Michigan"

revise to "that Phebe is pregnant"

John Miller may refer to a family with whom Frederick Miller is living temporarily.

replace with "suggest"

Please clarify and simplify this sentence to something like "Miller apparently suggests that he or someone else impregnated Phebe Miller . . ."

revise to "suggests" so you don't use "allude" twice in quick succession.

Can you clarify--something like "November, 1862. Miller's description of the development of the virus 'downstairs' alludes to his welcome escape from developing orchitis, . . ."

"private"

PLease revise to reflect a complete sentence.

Please add a subject and verb so this forms a complete sentence.

Revise to something like "The women reference Phebe's mother . . ."

Please add a subject and verb.

I'm not sure I follow this note. Are you suggesting that the women may allude to Charlotte's recent delivery of daughter Charlotte? Please clarify.

Please replace the comma with "were" so this is a complete sentence

Please add a subject and verb so this forms a complete sentence

"which" has no referent. Please replace with "an unlikely event, due to . . . "

Please revise such that this is a complete sentence

Suggest you add a subject and verb so this phrase forms a complete sentence

no comma needed here

Suggest you add "Alonzo refers to an Enfield . . . " so this is a complete sentence.

Suggest that you spell out these numbers, particularly when beginning a sentence with one of them.

"war, but": no comma here

Can this note be pulled flush up to "Pheba"?

Perhaps "A Note on the Text"--since you've also provided internal dating that renders the chronology the letters assume in your edition?

Can you sum up the benefit of the internal dating as well here?

regularized?

Might you add something to the effect that you hope that the regularized portion of this edition can make this information as widely accessible as possible, including K-12 students and teachers?

For clarity, suggest "In the regularized section of this edition I exchange phonetically . . ."

Simplify for clarity: something like "since a faithful transcription of the letters may read confusingly, I have . . . ."

Needed?

For accuracy, Samantha, it would be best to place square brackets only around letters that are unclear. The whole word isn't unclear, correct?

This is adjectival, yes? "educational level"?

This sentence reads confusingly. Perhaps: "The final two letters . . . are addressed to Phebe Miller from Elsy Cook . . . "

This words needs to be past tense.

The letter can't call out Lincoln, but John can. Suggest you review to "In this letter . . . John reveals his antipathy . . ."

a "who" should precede "lived," and the comma that follows "parents," is unnecessary.

Were Alonzo and Christina twins, or is one of these birth dates incorrect--or did she become pregnant almost immediately after giving birth to Alonzo?

This regularized feature of the edition makes the preceding paragraph unnecessary, right? The editorial theory needs to be laid out more carefully before this edition can move on to copyediting.

How does this editorial policy cohere with other policies that attempt to carefully replicate the syntax and other features of the manuscript? Your editorial policy must be consistent.

These two sentences are unclear. What is your editorial policy here? Are you suggesting that unclear readings are placed in brackets? Please simplify your prose.

Simplify, please. Something like "Indecipherable words are marked as [illegible]." Follow this model for the other two sentences, currently in passive voice.

in one of his undated letters, Alonzo mentions . . .

Reword using active voice. Something like "Internal evidence suggests a timeline for these undated letters . . . . "

offering new insights into

and to preserve

retaining

Can you reword in such a way that you refrain from weakening your argument? You suggest that you are challenging traditional readings on Northern women.

"not addressed"?

there

present tense here

word choice? Use of "relate" in previous sentence.

a comma should follow this word

boarders

word choice? perhaps "complained" or "lamented"?

See previous comment on titles and apply throughout

Simplify, please.

This paragraph is unclear. Can you simplify your verbs and break up the sentences? Are you suggesting that more evidence exists now than had been the case historically?

simplify?

both "lamented" and "existed" should be in present tense, regardless of when the scholarship was published.

unclear antecedent. Perhaps "Scholarship on Northern, Civil-War-era women typically focuses on middle-class . . . nurses; this edition seeks to challenge that perspective."

Reword this sentence for clarity and rhetorical force. Something like: "Moreover, they expand our understanding of the variety of wartime threats to women's lives, over and above material deprivation, invasion, or occupation."

rephrase as "including historian Susan Gubar's assertion"?