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Mr. Nelson O. Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Dear O. Was very pleased to get letter and card. Will answer very soon. Do not let grandpa go to the home alone. But think it better for all to let him go. That is where he made his home. …

Notes: Notes: You can see shutters propped open in the windows of the building in the foreground. The card would have had to be written prior to 1912. By the summer of 1912, Jennie, her father (Charles Nelson Cotton) and her son (Nelson Olney…

Notes: On the basis of the addresses that appear in this collection: Between 1909 and ?, Jennie, her father, Charles Nelson Cotton, and son, Nelson Olney Dunham, lived on 5 West Chester St. in Nantucket. Afterward they moved to an address on…

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Madaket Road Nantucket, Mass. Box88 Everything is fine up here; am still cooking, finish Saturday noon & I am not sorry, as the weather is somewhat hot without standing over a hot stove. Write when you get a chance. Olney

Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island, Mass. (Augusta, Me.) Nov. 14, 1913 Dear Mrs. D. I was so glad to here from you again how have you all been since I heard from I made enquiries for you last summer but Mrs. Gon… didn’t seem to know where you was…

Notes: This is a rare example (in Jennie’s collection) of a real photograph post card. Lalla arrived on Ellis Island on the Lusitannia in November of 1911. She initially stayed in the New York area with Swedish friends or relatives. By the…

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Madaket Road Nantucket, Mass. 8-8-14 Dear Mother, This is where I have to punch every other night Believe me this is some place Write when you get a chance. N.O.D.

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Madaket Road Nantucket, Mass. Here is another for your collection. Love, From Olney

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island, Mass. Bristol, Wednesday, July 31. Dear Jennie, we arrived home all safe, how did you get home. How tired you must have been. Let me know. I found all well at home, very glad to see me. Ha ha. Dora’s…

S. Jennie Dunham Nantucket, Mass. 269 Carl St., San Francisco, Cal. Hello Jennie Dear, Here I am up here with Retta. Having a nice time of course we have spoken of you many times she sends lots of love to you and would love to see you so would I …