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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…

Mrs. Ida Atwood Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Dear Ida – Thank you much for all you do for my dear sister. A little later on I shall go down to see you all but not just now. I have too much rheumatism. I try to walk it off. Please send me…

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. 5 West Chester Street Dear J. Did you get a card from Sakonnet. F. and I had a nice time their. Went Sat. and came back Sunday. It’s awful warm here. Hastiy Emma Company to dinner. July…

Mr. Olney Dunham Nantucket, Mass. 5 West Chester St. Dear O how is ma and grandpa I have had a very bad foot thought it rheumatism first it was broken and I think Uncle Frank and I must go away a few days at last of the week. The apprentice…

This is the Hotel where we got our meals. But a room in a cottage nearby. The lower right hand cor. is the path we went up

Mrs Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Dear Jennie, Franklin and I are here just for a ride Emma

Notes: When Emma mentions that there are a good number (of people) from Pawtucket, you have to guess that she and her husband, Franklin, are attending a convention of some sort… perhaps an annual meeting of a fraternal order.

Notes: It is difficult to decipher this first term on the card. (Fine?) Emma and her husband, Franklin Nelson Blake, were deeply involved in the social life of the trade guilds - including The Odd Fellows.