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Howard G Affleck
Yesterday I left Dayton, for Uniontown, Oh. I spent the night with my mother’s only remaining cousin. We had a wonderful time sharing memories – mine of his parents, and his of my mother and grandparents. We went through an album of old pictures, and I was delighted to find that he had a picture…
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Artists in the Family
There was much artistic talent in this family. Sarah Forrer, the sister of my ggg-grandmother did this botanical, and others, as well as many pen and ink or other grey-scale drawings. She is also the one who drew the sketch of the teakettle in my previous post. on that – I wonder why she waited 49…
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Missing teakettle
I hoped to attend church, visit the Cox Arboretum or maybe both, before the library opens at 1pm. Instead, I spent 2 hours at the emergency room. Yesterday I had a bad fall – tripped on a badly heaved sidewalk while looking up at street numbers. You know that little dance you do to recover when you…
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crossed lines
There is rich detail in the letters at the Dayton Metro Library. Some will be easier to read and transcribe than others. Have you ever heard reference to someone crossing their lines in a letter – I’ve seen this phrase in old literature and never really knew what it meant until today! This letter from…
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Journey of Discovery
SEpt 12 – My research begins in earnest, at the Dayton Metro Library There are 78 letters written by Mary Howard Affleck to her sister Sarah (and many letters from others as well! Today I take a camera and will try photographing the letters. It feels amazing to hold these letters in my own hands…