Box 33

Ms notes for his work on grammar

Jacob's ms essay "On the origin of Language," bound in homemade cover

ALS from George Smith, Delaware County historian, on reading Jacob Minshall's manuscript

"Hints or suggestions in relation to etymology," 18 pp self-published booklet by Painter, Jacob. Introduction explains that this is the first publishing effort by a novice with non-professional tools. 4 copies

Painter, Jacob; “New Phonetic Alphabet,” privately published. Seems to have been a first draft, with problems in printing, pagination

Painter, Jacob: "Thoughts in relation to a phonetic alphabet." Slightly abbreviated (10 pp) booklet explaining his proposal to create a new alphabet for English based on phonetics. 10 c.

Listing of cuttings of trees

Extensive, detailed records on his fruit tree orchards. Oversized cover removed, stored with RG 5/110 oversize

Plants of property, grafts, seeds

Hand bound notebooks: list of trees and plants received by Minshall Painter; incomplete account of pears; "Horticulture Notes." Two small notebooks recording bulbs and trees planted 1849-1852; 1860-1862. List of plant names.