Personography encoding

    <standOff>
      <!-- ... -->
      <listPerson>
        <person xml:id="andrew_j_steere">
          <persName>Steere, Andrew J.</persName>
          <birth when="1844">
            <placeName ref="#l_scituate">Scituate, RI</placeName>
          </birth>
          <death notBefore="1918"/>
        </person>
        <person xml:id="george_pope_morris">
          <persName>Morris, George Pope</persName>
          <birth when="1802">
            <placeName>Philadelphia, PA</placeName>
          </birth>
          <death when="1864"/>
          </person>
      </listPerson>
    </standOff>
    <text>
      <body>
        <p>...However, the plea of Woodman spare that tree and the patriotic pride of the
          owner, <persName ref="#andrew_j_steere">Mr. Andrew J. Steere</persName>, 
          had guaranteed its safety from the woodsman's axe.</p>
        <p>When <rs ref="#andrew_j_steere">that owner</rs> was finally
          determined ...</p>
      </body>
    </text>
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