Letter from M. Monsey to Daniel Dulany, 1770
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MSA SC 4885

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Letters from M. Monsey to Daniel Dulany are best viewed using Netscape Communicator vers. 4.5 or better in a Windows 95 or 98 environment. If you do not have Netscape vers 4.6 loaded on your PC, you can find it on this CD in the software directory under Netscape. Simply click on the exe file and follow the instructions for installation. Once Netscape is installed you can access Monsey's Letters by:

• simply opening this readme.html from Open Page under the File menu and clicking here -> Letters or,
• by going to File Menu in Netscape, Open Page and opening the index.html on your CD.

Visioneer's Paperport Viewer and Wangimg or Kodakimg may be necessary for viewing max and tif files respectively. If you find you cannot open a max or tif file, please follow the instructions below.

To install PaperPort Viewer:

Once you have Netscape installed, go back to the software directory to /ppview and click on the setupex.exe to install the PaperPort viewer. When PaperPort is installed, open Netscape and

1. go to Edit menu and Preferences
2. click on the + next to Navigator
3. click on Applications
4. scroll down list to PaperPort Viewer and highlight
5. click Edit button
6. be sure that the "Application window" has the path statement for the viewer executable followed by a %1 (e.g., c:\ppviewer\ppviewer.exe %1).
7. click OK twice and you are ready to use the viewer.
If the PaperPort Viewer does not appear on the list of applications you will need to add it. Follow steps 1, 2, 3, above.
4. click on "New Type" button
5. "Description of type: = application"
6. "File extension = max"
7. "MIME type = application"
8. "Application to Use: - click on Browse and go to the directory where you installed the viewer; usually c:\ppviewer and highlight the ppviewer.exe and click on "Open" . Be sure to add the %1 as in step 7. above.
9. click OK twice and you are ready to use the viewer.

To install Wangimg or Kodakimg

These programs come with Windows 95 and 98 and should already be installed on your PC. Open the document packet and try clicking on a tif file. If you get an error message, you will need to install it using the copy found in the /software/wangimg folder on this CD.

Once the Imaging software is installed you will need to associate it within Netscape. Open Netscape and follow instructions:

1. go to Edit menu and Preferences
2. click on the + next to Navigator
3. click on Applications
4. scroll down list to TIFF Image and highlight
5. click Edit button
6. be sure that the "Application window" has the path statement for the viewer executable followed by a %1 (e.g., c:\windows\WangImg.Exe "%1").
7. click OK twice and you are ready to use the viewer.
If the TIFF Image does not appear on the list of applications you will need to add it. Follow steps 1, 2, 3, above.
4. click on "New Type" button
5. "Description of type:" = application
6. "File extension" = tif
7. "MIME type" = application
8. "Application to Use:" - click on Browse and go to the directory where you installed the viewer; usually c:\windows and highlight the wangimg.exe and click on "Open" . Be sure to add the %1 as in step 7. above.
9. click OK twice and you are ready to use the viewer.
 

Maryland State Archives Special Collections (Susanna Kyner Cristofane/ Bostwick Collection of Bladensburg Town Records, Lowndes, Dulany, and Brice Family Papers), 1726-1984 MSA S 4885.

© 1999 Maryland State Archives.

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