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Nantucket, Mass


Dear J.  What is the reason I do not get a card or letter from you.  I still have a cough.  But am not sick.  Tell Mrs. Turner she would better come up for the Leah anniversary the 26th of Oct.  3 Lodges invited.  Big time.  She could go back next day if she wanted too – 
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Mrs. Turner?

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Dear Aunt Jennie,  Have been intending to drop you a line of thanks for the things you sent me in the spring but thought I would wait until I could send it on an interesting card.  Gen. Stark was born near Manchester and his home and grounds are now a public park.  Lovingly, Rhoda</text>
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Nantucket, Mass.
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Dear J.  I have sent a box.  I hope you get it all right.  It left Pawt. at noon.  It is paid.  I do not know if I have sent all I said.  Sorry I could not get ties.  
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Sept. 30th 1910
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Nantucket Island
Nantucket, Mass.


Dear Sister,

I cannot see why you did not get the box last Sat.  It was sent Fri.  A.M.  Mabel Polsey was married yesterday the 5th to a catholic.  Franklin has gone to the Brockton Fair.  I shall not stay at home today.  I hope to hear from you soon.  Sister Emma
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Lillie R. Polsey married 25 years today.
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                <text>Notes:

Polsey – almost certainly a family known to both Emma and Jennie from childhood.  The 1910 Federal Census recorded a Polsey family in Meriden, Connecticut.  The household was headed by Clarence.  He had been married to Lillian for 24 years.  They had two daughters, Maybel (22) and Alice (20).   

The building housing the Boys Club is one of the few surviving structures in the contemporary Pawtucket downtown.   
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