What in the world is "Amanuensis"???
An amanuensis is a person employed to write what someone else dictates, or to copy what has been written. Essentially, it refers to a secretary, scribe, or literary assistant.
Here are a couple of details about the term:
Etymology: The word comes from the Latin phrase servus amanuensis (a slave whose duty is to write), derived from a manu (meaning "at hand" or "of the hand").
Historical Context: Historically, authors, composers, politicians, or individuals who were unable to write themselves (or had too much correspondence to handle alone) would use an amanuensis to take dictation, draft letters, or transcribe manuscripts.
So that is what I have been doing on Mondays. Transcribing and sharing really old documents pertaining to my family that I have been fortunate enough to find.
The following is a deed from Hosea Tapley to John Short.
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| North Carolina Archives, Northampton County Register of Deeds, Record of Deeds Vol 2, 1751-1758 |
Tapley to Short
North Carolina } This Indenture made the nineteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
Sealed Signed and Delivered in Presence of us
Hilbert Thomas Short____________ Northampton county ss) May Court 1753
The above written Deed was proved in open Court by the Oath of both the subscribing witnesses thereto and
Test Edwards ?
Transcription by Google Gemini with a lot of proofing, reading and correcting by me. This was a bad copy off the microfilm and difficult to transcribe. There are a lot of words in this one that AI nor I could make out, even after looking over it three times.
The good news is John Short did marry Anne Tapley in 1753.
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