Here’s one that is semi-legible and it’s good.


If you click “all sizes” on the bar above the Flickr picture, it’s a lot easier on the eyes.

It’s a communication. Genius:

10 Miles From Shasty. March the 14th, 1852

deer Sur: bein’ that thar is three uv us boyes from Pike kounty, merzooray, a huntin’ in these heethen parts uv the wurld, and bein’ that is is sich an interestin’ perfesshun, wee have corncluded to send youe a recount uv ower apperashuns, and as I am the hiest lurnt man in the crowd, the ballance has pitched on me to doo the siferin’ for the paper. But we will in the fust place state that wee awl cum to Kaliforny fur the puppus of minin’, xpectin’ to make independent fortins, but instid er that we hasn’t dun soe, and we are now druv to the needcesserty uv follerin’ ower ole occupashun. And in the neckst place, we will state that we doe wish to deni the far secks the pleashur uv readin’ ower interestin’ perfeshuns. Bekase thay kin ginerly the pint uv any thing betterun the mail specie enny how.

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  1. [...] “10 miles from Shasty” Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 by Jasno Continued from the March 20th, 1852 edition of the Shasta Courier. [...]

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