The Palimpsest . Pa^ifu t Donald tU: M©My«Rft Clommieii^ 19a tH&EDiTC^ <^,.:,; Published Monthly At lowACmr By THE State HKibiflCAf SocieiyofIowa. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER JULY 28 1920 AT THE POST OFFICE AT IOWA CITY IOWAUNDER THE ACT OF AUGUST 24 1912 I THE PURPOSE OF THIS MAGAZINE The Palimpsest, issued monthly by the State His-torical Society of Iowa, is devoted to the dissemina-tion of Iowa History. Supplementing the other pub-lications of this Society, it aims to present the materialsof Iowa History in a form that is attractive and a stylethat is popular in the best sense—to the
The Palimpsest . Pa^ifu t Donald tU: M©My«Rft Clommieii^ 19a tH&EDiTC^ <^,.:,; Published Monthly At lowACmr By THE State HKibiflCAf SocieiyofIowa. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER JULY 28 1920 AT THE POST OFFICE AT IOWA CITY IOWAUNDER THE ACT OF AUGUST 24 1912 I THE PURPOSE OF THIS MAGAZINE The Palimpsest, issued monthly by the State His-torical Society of Iowa, is devoted to the dissemina-tion of Iowa History. Supplementing the other pub-lications of this Society, it aims to present the materialsof Iowa History in a form that is attractive and a stylethat is popular in the best sense—to the end that thestory of our Commonwealth may be more widely readand cherished. BENJ. F. SHAMBAUGH Superintendent THE MEANING OF PALIMPSESTS In early times palimpsests were parchments or othermaterials from which one or more writings had beenerased to give room for later records. But the eras-ures were not always complete; and so it became thefascinating task of scholars not only to translate thelater records but also to reconstruct the original writ-ings by deciphering the dim fragments of letters partlyerased and partly covered by subsequent t
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