New on the list, and I have only just seen this thread. A further
possibility for 'foine' - the 'f' could be a long 's' and the 'i'
could be an 'r' and it could then read 'sorne' meaning 'sawn'.
This may seem far-fetched but I have learned to be imaginative in
reading manuscripts - yesterday, in a document of the 1812 war,
'Mr Moolhes' suddenly revealed itself to be 'Mr Brookes' and
every mention of 'negro' appears to be written 'necro' (the
latter became clear when I saw that *all* the 'g's in the
document were squashed up with no tail; *all* the 'k's were
spread out like 'lh'; and the capital 'B's were virtually
unrecognisable).

John Weiss

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Subject: Re: help with two words


Many thanks to those who responded to my query on this subject
several days ago.

As a number of list members suggested, the "Jrou" or "Jron"
wedges are definitely "Iron wedges."  The "tendable Land Inclosd
with two thousand foine [?] loggs" is a little more problematic.
I've decided, as a couple of list members suggested, that "foine"
is probably a variant spelling of "fine," apparently meaning
"worked" or "cut."

Thanks again.

Scott

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