tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post358848955193829527..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: Show & Tell: Great-Great-Grandma's lettersloribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-87999973734869071802008-09-03T22:18:00.000-04:002008-09-03T22:18:00.000-04:00I'm a historian. I've held documents that travele...I'm a historian. I've held documents that traveled in a pouch on horseback during the American Revolution.<BR/><BR/>And I can tell you right now I've got goose bumps. AMAZING. The kind of thing I dream about, finding that letter stash in someone's closet.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you've got an amazing story there. Just let the historians in occasionally if they ask, m'kay? (hee!)Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376651134993450207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-29652536675802273652008-08-25T14:30:00.000-04:002008-08-25T14:30:00.000-04:00VERY VERY Amazing. I am totally blown away! What a...VERY VERY Amazing. I am totally blown away! What a treasure!janishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326099151319592743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-69785143088469657452008-08-20T02:27:00.000-04:002008-08-20T02:27:00.000-04:00wow, what a truly amazing treasure!wow, what a truly amazing treasure!lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455301696832647867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-15931805071927729222008-08-19T00:56:00.000-04:002008-08-19T00:56:00.000-04:00That is an amazing treasure!That is an amazing treasure!Staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471803757485977959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-30946105599358169112008-08-18T17:04:00.000-04:002008-08-18T17:04:00.000-04:00I've got tingles. This is an amazing story! Love...I've got tingles. This is an amazing story! Love that you donated the letters. So special.Esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14841585672805438897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-69287964786702549662008-08-18T13:22:00.000-04:002008-08-18T13:22:00.000-04:00Oh I am so jealous! I'm the familiy historian in ...Oh I am so jealous! I'm the familiy historian in my family and I would FLIP for first hand documents like this!!!!!Heather J. @ TLC Book Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10474181812740579350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-62055522200693367572008-08-18T10:07:00.000-04:002008-08-18T10:07:00.000-04:00That is sooo cool, Loribeth. Really.That is sooo cool, Loribeth. Really.c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02933776400434137451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-33080439801578463742008-08-18T06:54:00.000-04:002008-08-18T06:54:00.000-04:00What an amazing treasure! Although you had grown ...What an amazing treasure! <BR/><BR/>Although you had grown up with the typewritten transcripts, there must have been something very special about handling the original letters - seeing your great-great grandmother's handwriting for the first time must have been incredibly evocative for you, Loribeth.Ms Heathenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06404067891155971103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-74342360594688591092008-08-17T23:27:00.000-04:002008-08-17T23:27:00.000-04:00Wow, fantastic! I have a lot of very old family ph...Wow, fantastic! I have a lot of very old family photos, but nothing that gives insight into the real people like letters. Congratulations on finally getting the letters into your hands (and then out again into safer hands)!Baby Smiling In Back Seathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483533946303787478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-81546601979291513262008-08-17T22:03:00.000-04:002008-08-17T22:03:00.000-04:00My family has turned them over to the ROM, but we ...My family has turned them over to the ROM, but we have copies of my grandmotherx9's diaries, from when she first came to fort york. The stories in the letters have long since survived in our family, and they are a treasure. <BR/><BR/>I'm so glad they will be safe, the every day ordinary history of our country matters so much.Mrs. Spithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03386820063407910064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-72877994080285271732008-08-17T21:23:00.000-04:002008-08-17T21:23:00.000-04:00What a priceless treasure. That is so awesome, to ...What a priceless treasure. That is so awesome, to be able to touch history like that.AnotherDreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487881766884178761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-68789526487467720042008-08-17T20:39:00.000-04:002008-08-17T20:39:00.000-04:00Such an awesome show and tell! My mom and I used t...Such an awesome show and tell! My mom and I used to love digging up treasures and family history when I was younger. She stopped for several years when life just got too hectic but recently she has started talking about it again. I hope I can push her along a bit!Arianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09674825581862630511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-88565950901612780152008-08-17T19:57:00.000-04:002008-08-17T19:57:00.000-04:00Ah! What a treasure! Priceless!Ah! What a treasure! Priceless!Guera!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12616928404421960462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-64143779423608749542008-08-17T19:24:00.000-04:002008-08-17T19:24:00.000-04:00Oh wow...what an amazing treasure. That is so unb...Oh wow...what an amazing treasure. That is so unbelievable to have all that history in your hands!Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791317184998122691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-7980143597351184312008-08-17T18:19:00.000-04:002008-08-17T18:19:00.000-04:00This is amazing stuff! Wow! To have such personal ...This is amazing stuff! Wow! To have such personal documents that reach so far back into your ancestors' lives is wonderful. Thank you for sharing them with us.annacyclopediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461037288546901657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-16206514332595126622008-08-17T18:10:00.000-04:002008-08-17T18:10:00.000-04:00Oh Lori! What an amazing treasure! I got chills ...Oh Lori! What an amazing treasure! I got chills and tears looking at the pictures, especially the signature photo. I have always loved things with history and this is history on a grand scale. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing!JuliaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668995954240697998noreply@blogger.com