Editorial Apparatus
As embedded in the transcribed entries:
| [co] [cx] |
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Denotes the beginning and ending points of a
cross out.
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| [dco] |
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Jefferson occasionally crossed out several entries at the
same time with a diagonal cross out.
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| [eo] [ex] |
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The beginning and ending points for what appears to be an
erasure or rubbing out of an entry.
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| [illegible] |
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Text was not readable with any degree of reliability.
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| * |
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In the Great Library Catalogue transcriptions, this symbol
indicates the presence of a check mark in the manuscript at
this location.
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| [also listed as] |
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Indicates an additional listing of the same work in another
place in the manuscript. |
Location notes in each transcribed entry can be utilized to determine
where each entry occurs in the original manuscript and how to
find nearby entries.
Other markings found in the manuscripts:
| \ |
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In the Great Library, this mark indicated a
post-1783 acquisition.
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| { or } |
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Braces were added in left or right margins that indicated
some grouping of works, sometimes it indicates works that
were bound together, but listed separately in that manuscript.
Location notes are provided on each entry to make it possible
to determine what other works were included in such groupings.
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| do. |
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Occasionally used by Jefferson to repeat an author, portion
of title, etc. from a preceding line. That "dittoed" material
is supplied in square brackets [ ] in the transcription of
subsequent lines.
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| tt |
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Appears after Arabic number(s), usually at or near the end
of a transcription for an entry in the 1789 List, indicating
the currency symbol for the "Livre Tournois."
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Location notes on transcriptions:
The location notes indicate the place a listing is found in a manuscript. The format of these notes is different depending on the format of the manuscript. The chapter titles used in most of the location notes are Jefferson's chapter titles.
1789 List: chapter title, page number, line
Great Library: chapter title, page number, line
Library Sold to Congress (Trist Manuscript): chapter title, Jefferson's
shelf number
Retirement Library Manuscript: Unique sequence number from John
Barden's transcription
Poplar Forest Library (Leavitt Catalogue): Unique sequence number
from John Barden's transcription
Thomas M. Baughn
Independent Scholar
December 2003
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