Brad wrote:
I asked for a copy of the TEI source for Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation last month from some academic group. They asked me to submit a formal request which would explain what I would use the text for!
Interesting. I happen to have a copy of the 1898 printing of `Bradford's History "Of Plimoth Plantation."' My wife's maternal ancestry goes back to colonial Massachusetts, and I think one of her ancestors is mentioned in the book (Degory Priest). If this book has not yet been scanned by anyone affiliated with PG/DP, I'll gladly offer our copy for scanning so long as whatever is used to scan it will not damage the binding (probably can't use a flat bed scanner), and that the scans *will* be made available online for free, even before the work is converted to XML. The book, including index, has over 550 pages, so it is pretty massive. A fascinating work, btw, and one I hope will be scanned and converted to TEI by PG/DP. Jon Noring