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1915 letter about farm near HillHoldEntry/Object ID
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Hill FamilySubject
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Oct 31, 1915—
Eleanor and I went to see Uncle Jim and Aunt Emma this afternoon at 632 W. 147th. Jean was in Middletown— we read them extracts from Uncle Dan's diary of 1856 and they were greatly interested. Uncle Jim said he well remembered the trip to Dan's Point. He remembers bringing up his Uncle Dan's cows early the morning of the trip— He also remembers the little naked boy standing at the window of the house on the mountain— the boy seemed unable to understand anything said to him— and did not reply to questions— They left
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stone house over night and by some mischance his horse got access to rye and ate too much and died— Later someone put a notice in the paper referring to the incident and saying the horse did not like riotous living!
He said there was an oblique patent line running from near the Clark house (formerly James Denniston Bull’s); bounding our farm thro’ the swamp and coming out the road back of the country house—
He drew a diagram as follows: (over)
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their horses at this house and on their return left some money on the window sill—for the people of the house—(Mother thinks this may have been—what she knew over 20 years later as Botsfords)
Uncle Jim also remembers Aunt Sally, and her family, that is the James Denniston Bulls but he remembers hearing nothing whatever as to the farm before Powell’s time—He also remembers his father’s mother Sally, whom of course he called grandmother and—who lived at her daughter Isabel’s (Mrs. Wilkins) on what is now the Whitaker place—
He also remembers an occasion when—his uncle John Thompson drove down and staid [stayed] at the
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(Diagram and Text)
Diagram Labels
Top Left: Line in Swamp
Top Right: Vail Farm (now Gray)
Middle Left: Corning
Middle Center: road / Hill Hole
Middle Right: Uncle Jim's Farm
Bottom Center: Hill
Bottom Text
He said that the east boy of our farm at x was not in the swamp & not very far down the hill but that there had never been any fence—Relationships
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