tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post772738795540511483..comments2023-09-11T23:57:00.520-05:00Comments on Velvet Sacks: Trinkets and Treasures - No. 2Linda@VShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-89752646904782225782011-03-18T14:39:36.562-05:002011-03-18T14:39:36.562-05:00Janet, the "Christmas" Isaac was referri...Janet, the "Christmas" Isaac was referring to was Christmas Hetherington, the "Bro. C" he referred to earlier in the letter. Yes, Christmas was born on Dec. 25th.<br /><br />I did a little more research after I posted this and learned that the parents were in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania ten years earlier, at the time of the 1950 census, also, so it looks to me as though they never were "removed." I think Isaac just moved in with them instead.Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-47506752825692185392011-03-17T21:45:38.777-05:002011-03-17T21:45:38.777-05:00How wonderful to have such a treasure! I love the ...How wonderful to have such a treasure! I love the copperplate writing of the old times, always wished I could write like that. And his vocabulary! it sounded rather stilted and formal, but that's men for you, I guess. It sounds like they weren't close at all. <br /><br />The final part of the letter had me dizzy wondering what the heck he was talking about. Isn't it a great twist of fate that he ended up with the 'rents after all?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-5718186083316535922011-03-17T18:20:57.623-05:002011-03-17T18:20:57.623-05:00Holly, I suspect Isaac would wish he had been more...Holly, I suspect Isaac would wish he had been more specific about the reasons he couldn't help.<br /><br />Marion, I never thought about whether or not our blogs will be read years from now. I just wish more people would read them now. :)<br /><br />Wisewebwoman, thank you for visiting; I hope you'll come back. Yes, it seems that the people who came years and years before us dealt with many of the same problems people are trying to handle today. The little problems might be different (due to mechanical and technological advances), but the big ones, the important family problems, are probably still very much the same.<br /><br />Duly Inspired, isn't it wonderful that the technology exists to let us share things like this letter with others? That capability is amazing when you think about it.<br /><br />Writing My Novel, I find the formality of the language usage interesting, too. I wonder how much of that formality was retained in their spoken conversations.Linda@VShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499621332375290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-84510420913434546552011-03-16T15:48:21.372-05:002011-03-16T15:48:21.372-05:00I love the formal nature of the language used back...I love the formal nature of the language used back then for written correspondence. In this modern age of instant messages and abbreviations for everything, I appreciate complete sentences, proper grammar and all the niceties that used to go into letters.Annette Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15367278617237356980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-23940648310882347572011-03-16T15:25:09.280-05:002011-03-16T15:25:09.280-05:00Fascinating reach back into history. Especially w...Fascinating reach back into history. Especially when I realize that I am reading a scanned copy of a handwritten letter, and it took me all of two "clicks" to get there. The need to communicate is still with us, though the method of doing so has changed so radically!Duly Inspiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667265361131163774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-32028714162303332892011-03-16T10:46:37.541-05:002011-03-16T10:46:37.541-05:00I'm here by way of Ronni and I am just loving ...I'm here by way of Ronni and I am just loving your blog!<br />Thank you for sharing this letter, it brings these people so into the present and nothing changes does it?<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-80340626574724524292011-03-16T10:12:37.322-05:002011-03-16T10:12:37.322-05:00Wow, what a find! I'm glad there was a happy e...Wow, what a find! I'm glad there was a happy ending and that the old folks were safe, after all.<br /><br />this letter was written so long ago. I wonder sometimes if our blogs will be read years from now and what people will think about it all!Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607220451457829777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21612081.post-58215066370458062002011-03-15T16:10:13.030-05:002011-03-15T16:10:13.030-05:00This is a treasure indeed! I wonder what Isaac wou...This is a treasure indeed! I wonder what Isaac would think of all of us reading it?CreekHiker / HollysFollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987597104795294851noreply@blogger.com