Keel M. Posted July 26, 2016 #1 Share Posted July 26, 2016 It's amazing how some of this stuff still lingers. Quote At first glance, it’s hard to see why New York's Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History would hold the above letter in its collection. The yellowed paper holds a few lines of loops that look to have been lazily scribbled in pencil—the kind of thing you might doodle out of boredom when a call center operator places you on hold. The catalog entry lists its contents as "Mostly illegible scribbles." Beneath these scribbles, though, is a clue: the phrase “Charley loves his Father very much,” written with the same pencil, but in a legible, even elegant, hand. Photo of letter on Atlas Obscura. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted July 26, 2016 #2 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Really sweet, but oh what a tearjerker. Poor thing never got to see his father again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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