Phil Jones on inconvenient data: "I realise you've taken great care with the selection, but this is a nagging doubt and will be picked up by the few skeptics trying to divide us all"

Climategate 2 FOIA 2011 Searchable Database | 4774

[Phil Jones] I've shown that the borehole data in Europe agree well with the long instrumental data in both the UK and Europe. The biggest differences/problems seem to come with the North American borehole data, which show the 16/17/18th data much cooler than the European/Asian/African data in the 16/17th century. I'm still reminded by the potential effects of land-use changes, principally in the eastern US, which could be making your North American series too cool. I realise you've taken great care with the selection, but this is a nagging doubt and will be picked up by the few skeptics trying to divide us all about the course of change over the last millennium.