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Letters to Mary Dunton - 10/12/1914

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Here's the next letter, from Lavinia.

Is Mary practising her signature on the back of an envelope? I can't tell whose writing that is.

Letters to Mary Dunton - 03/20/1914

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Here we have a special delivery stamp on the envelope, a small card written by Lavinia, and a much longer letter enclosed, from one Sarah Adalaide Hall, who writes from St. Petersburg, Florida. First the card from Lavinia.

Letters to Mary Dunton - 03/17/1914

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Oops, it's been a while since I updated here. But a while passed since the flurry of letters in late 1913, and the first of our 1914 letters seems to be in March, the day before Mary's birthday. Mary will be 22 years old.

Letters to Mary Dunton - 11/28/1913

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Here's another out-of-order letter, this time in its own envelope, though the postmark isn't fully legible, and Lavinia does generally just put the day of week and the time on her letters. However, we just handled this Thanksgiving for which Martha stayed home sick, and the 28 and the 1913 are clear, and indeed, November 28th is a Friday in 1913, so I think we can be pretty sure of it. Presumably someone sorted the stack of envelopes into order, leaving the ones with illigible postmarks at the bottom.

Letters to Mary Dunton - 01/14/1912

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I finished scanning the whole stack of letters, and towards the end, I found a stack of letters stuffed into an envelope obviously not belonging to them. So by the date on the letter, this must be earlier than the rest, while Mary was at the Ogontz school in Pennsylvania. I guess maybe her father (or both parents) went out part way with her after the winter break?

I will work out a navigation index at some point.

Letters to Mary Dunton - 11/17/1913

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Here we have a letter from Lavinia, on her usual stiff folded writing paper. Mary must have made plans to come home for a visit.

Mary my Dear

We are anticipating your visit with much joy. I hope the weather will be fine while you are with us.

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