THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN SHEPARD KEYES, TRANSCRIBED

Normalization

We have normalized all instances of the following:

Specific word normalizations

  • Uppercase:
    • Court House
    • Criminal Court
    • Court Committee
    • Town House
    • Post Office
    • Mother unless “the mother”
    • Father unless “the father”
    • Supreme Court
    • Delegation (when preceded by “the” or a specific name ex: Massachusetts Delegation)
    • when preceded by “the” or preceding a person’s name
      • Judge
      • President
      • Senator
      • Sheriff
      • Deputy
      • Marshal
      • Adjutant General
      • District Attorney
    • Cattle Show (when it’s “the Cattle Show” or a given year or month)
    • Square (Lexington Square)
    • Street (Baker Street)
    • Avenue (5th Avenue)
    • Ocean (Pacific Ocean)
    • Run (Bull Run)
    • River (Susquehanna River)
    • White House (the one in Washington)
    • Republican
    • Democrat
    • Know Nothing
    • Wide Awakes
    • Whig
    • Free Soiler
    • Union
    • Confederacy
    • Senate
    • Legislature
    • Congress
    • Cabinet (government type)
    • Senate Chamber
    • Capital (Washington) if “the Capital” otherwise lc
    • Capitol (the building) if “the Capitol” otherwise lc

 

  • Lowercase:
    • faculty
    • freshman
    • sophomore
    • junior
    • senior
    • committee
    • railroad/rail road
    • company (soldiers)
    • monument (monument to the revolution)
    • “terms” of court (June term, March term, civil and criminal term . . . )
    • shrievalty, marshalship, etc.
    • parish
    • cattle show (when plural)
    • battleground

 

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