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Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Maddaket Road Dear Janie, Rhoda and family, Mrs. Greenlay and her mother and I are here for the day. Hastely Emma

Notes: Unless there is an error in deciphering a postmark, or more cards show up, this is the last in the chronology.

Mrs. Jannie Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Dear Jannie Dora’s husband passed out last Tuesday. Week. Eliza is down to Bullers (Butler’s?) – too bad for all. No word from you or O. Emma

Notes: Emma doesn’t seem to be on good terms with Eliza. It is pure speculation that she may be talking about her aunt, Eliza Gardner.

Nelson O. Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Dear boy- Not a line from you in a long time. Hope the long walk is not to much for you. Been a fire in this mill twice lately Hastily Aunty

Notes: "the long walk..." This may be the point at which Jennie, Olney, and Charles moved out of town to somewhere along the Madaket Road. No question that the coloring of the mill building is accurate – to this day. It should be possible to…

N. O. Dunham Nantucket Island, Mass. Here on the Island for the day. Rain, rain, rain Aunty- E.B.

Notes: Not clear where a ferry would have left from to get to Prudence Island in 1912. Bristol?

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Dear Janie, This is where we boarded while in New London. Will write when I get home. Have quite a lot of cards for you. Em.

Notes: I am assuming that Emma is traveling with her husband. Franklin N. Blake is listed in a 1911 publication of proceedings of the Atlantic “Deeper Waterways”…