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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”…

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket, Mass. Dear Aunt, We are having a little vacation in Boston etc. I saw some air-ships yesterday and to-day we are at Revere Beach. Wish you might see some of the sights with us. Hastily, Rhoda

Mrs Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. 5 West Chester Street 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. …

Notes: The box may have contained materials for Jennie’s work as a dressmaker. The 1910 Federal Census, conducted on Nantucket in May, indicated that Sarah Jane (Jennie) and her son, Nelson Olney Dunham were living on Cliff Road. Her occupation…

Mrs. Jennie Dunham 5 West Chester St. Nantucket, Mass. Dear J. Their are ropes of lights on this bridge at night. It looks lovely. Sister Emma 465 First St. Brooklyn, N.Y.

Notes: “Ropes of light” Another instance of the language lagging behind the technology.

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Isd. Nantucket, Mass Maddaket Road- Dear Sister. I came over this bridge yesterday with F.N.B. in a taxi. $3.10 from the boat. We had a great time last week. I thought of you often and wished you could enjoy some of…

Notes: F.N.B. = Franklin Nelson Blake, Emma’s husband.