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Mrs. Jennie Dunham Maddaquet Road Nantucket, Mass. 7-8-14 Dear Mother, Your welcome letter received. Will write later. N.O.D.

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

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

Notes: “Franklin” is Rhoda’s boy, then 5 years old, named after her father, Franklin Nelson Blake.

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket, Mass. Dear Aunt Jennie, Franklin was very much pleased with his little basket and thanks you for it. On the other side is one of the beautiful buildings in the city 8 miles from here and where we were yesterday. We…

Notes: If you look carefully here you will see an early example of the thirst for Photoshop. The image has been (badly) hacked from the original horizon. That weird looking structure to the left of the large building is a windmill. Because the…

Mrs. Jennie Dunham, Nantucket Isd., Mass., 5 West Chester St. Out for the day, first stop Emma 8.20 AM

Notes: Frank? Cousin Frank? Bessie? Another mystery… but my guess is that Frank (and his wife, Bessie?) are related from the Baker side of the family. One of Frank’s parents was probably a sibling of Mary Emma (Baker) Cotton. Frank, the…

Mrs. Emma Blake Maddaskit Road Nantucket, Mass. Dear Cousin, Was glad to hear you were having a trip to Nantucket wish I was with you – had a very nice time on our vacation but I did have the rheumatism in my shoulder could not do one thing one…

Notes: Although ever so faint, you can see that Emma has written “Prospect Street” on the lower right hand side of the face of the card. “Get a good job and stay…” well, yes.