Terry, I was Sam Mims neighbor in Minden, LA for 4 years. My copy of the Leaves came from Mr Sams hand, the only difference is that I did not double space the copy I sent to a few people. I just saved a little space. I would love to have any typing errors pointed out to me. Thank You. John Mimms, jmimms@infionline.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Reigel" <terry@reigelridge.com> To: <MIMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Sam Mims Leaves > I'm a bit more than half way through making a careful comparison of > the transcript Betty kindly provided, apparently made by John Mims, > and the one I received some time ago, transcribed in 1996 by Kate > Shue. > > There is considerable difference in paragraphing, and the formatting > of the lists of children, but otherwise the text of the two copies is > generally the same. In most of the few differences I found, it is > apparent from the context that Kate's transcript is more accurate. In > several cases, the years in dates differ by one year, and it is > impossible to judge which is true to the original. > > Based on what I've seen so far, I conclude Kate's transcript is a > largely accurate rendition of Sam's original paper. If anyone cares > for the details, I'd be happy to supply them. > > Terry Reigel > > > On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 14:00:54 -0500, Betty Bivins wrote: > > Both copies that I have appear to be the same information > > even though I received them from two different nice > > people who were willing to share. > > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator > >

Thanks, John. I'm sending you directly a copy with differences marked. I've now finished comparing, and as I said before, other than some formatting issues, there are very few differences, mostly in some years. Plus, it would appear that either Kate, the source of her copy, or a subsequent editor didn't share Sam's regard for Jesse James -- a number of lines in that section are absent in the copy I have that originated with her. If you have access to an original copy, John, that would help resolve the few conflicts that cannot be cleared up otherwise. Terry Reigel On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 18:25:43 -0500, John Mimms wrote: > Terry, I was Sam Mims neighbor in Minden, LA for 4 > years. My copy of the Leaves came from Mr Sams hand, the > only difference is that I did not double space the copy > I sent to a few people. I just saved a little space. > I would love to have any typing errors pointed out to me. > Thank You.