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Edward Peregoy received a postcard from his mother in March of 1911.
Mother wrote faintly, with a pencil, so it is hard to read exactly what she told her son.
But, we can be sure that the lime was going to be delivered, and Edward could start plowing any time he was ready.
Author's Note:
The postcard is made in America, and faithful readers will discern that the quality of the paper, the inks, and the printing is much inferior to what was available from Germany at this time.
The crudely delineated figures in the foreground were drawn thus by the postcard artist.
I have touched up several ink bleeds and removed stray cancelling blots from the front of the card.
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Postmark
Parkton, MD
March 22, 1911
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Address
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Edward Peregoy
Parkton
Balto Co Md
RFD no 3
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Message
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March 22, 1911
We are both better this morning.
Mr Royton (?) was here this morning and the lime will be here the last of next week or the
week after.
You can plow when ever you get ready.
You got a (friend?) down there.
Mother
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Comments: 63
I was unfamiliar with the name "Peregoy", and suspected that I had misread it.
It looks like I can take the little question mark out of the article.
I have a strange compulsion to become one, whatever it is.
And, I fully concur with your interpretation of the "We are both better" as a reason to eliminate Edward #2.
I thought you were answering Dragon questions all morning!
Frelinghuysen is an old and well-known name in New Jersey.
There must have been at least a half-dozen Frelinghuysens sent to the US Congress.
If Richard Van Camp was related to the great Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_T._Frelinghuysen) he was well-connected indeed.
If it were not for the Amazing Kate, I would not be collecting, scanning, and posting all these cards.
She has undertaken some genealogical sleuthing for friends on Gather.
I hope that Kate does not enter a Genealogical Recovery Program any time soon - I have another 140 postcards to go (and I am returning to a small untidy antique store in a far-away city next week. The last time I was there, I found a half-dozen great cards.)
I'm all for using the "enabling" term in this case; no blame involved since everyone's a winner.
I am off to visit Rugby- in- Tennessee.
Way to go.
I saw the dragon feature had grown to great lengths, and spawned another article.
This is great - I wasn't complaining about your adventures there.
It's good to know that my "enabling" of Kate is not demeaning to her.
:-)
Marilee, there are still many farms in Maryland, but none, I suspect, in Baltimore County!
The vast majority of Americans probably have little awareness of the seasonal patterns of agrarian life.
I still plan to complete another article for posting tomorrow morning.
Were you referring to the absence of a much-mourned friend?
One wonders about the individuals (who was this much-loved boy), the relationships (who is Uncle Enoch, Aunt Edith) the places, the community, the way of life, and - in this case - the distinguished relatives.
My collection of antique prints and engravings has been set aside in the past year as I have started stopping at antique shops in pursuit of vintage postcards.
One dealer in Brooklyn has hundreds of addressed cards from each New York Borough.
I have started to play the lottery.
It is a lovely little place, and one can loiter over dinner and an exquisite selection of wines while the trio performs.
I will go late, because I have already eaten.
Nine year olds and twenty year olds have very little in common.
The penny rate was raised to two cents during one or two years of WWI, reverted back to a penny, then at two cents for part of the twenties, then back to a penny before the Depression.
Crushes are difficult to navigate without doing embarrassing things, at any age.
It is harder to deal with in grade school.
Twenty year olds may not have a high tolerance for giggly girls, either.
I also wondered if the "friend" word in the last sentence could be something else, and wondered, Miss Amazing Kate -- do you have access to weather reports from 1911? Was there by chance a blizzard in March of that year?
Sorry, I just got back--I was enabling a silent auction at my son's school. (I was specifically enabling the check-out process.)
I feel the presence of the Hedgehog Maestro from time to time.
I would love to see another "Ask the Hedgehog" Advice Column.
While you could create a scenario for the second Edward Peregoy, it requires many more "leaps". The driver of the Express Wagon would be plowing for his mother, the mid-wife, who is a widow and still "both of us".
Glad to know that you survived the storm, even with a temporary internet blackout.
I still think we should ask Amazing Kate if Ed 2 had siblings.
Just being stubborn.
I'm glad that your daughter was able to have a sleepover after having performed the extra chores.
Hope you remain cool enough through the week-end.
It is persistent.
I know from tracking down bits of historical trivia that the obvious is not always the correct.
I am sure that Amelia will be pleased! :-)
I also remain curious about the weather at that time. For some reason, I think Mother wasn't asking about a friend -- I think she heard of something that happened down Ed's way, or perhaps on his wagon route.
If I said that last sentence sounds "fishy" I hope you'll not groan too loudly. To anyone submerged for so many years, everything sounds fishy.
There was a similar fire locally, written up in the museum. The only good results after all that heartbreak were the changes made for fire safety as they learned what sealed the fates of the victims and worked to prevent it from happening again.
The building still stands in the Village -there is a memorial there.
Andrea, I am very glad you mentioned this. I could not figure it out, and hoped that readers might have some ideas.