Topic: Around town
Letter
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| Catalog date |
01/18/2007 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Classification |
Ships
Correspondence/Letter |
| Collection |
Marblehead and the USS Constitution |
| Date |
July 27, 1931 |
| Abstract |
A letter from Mrs. Sarah E. Gregory regrets but she will not be able to attend the dinner for the Constitution on July 29, 1931, because she is under a doctor's care. According to Town Clerk's records she died less than a month later on August 22, 1931. She enclosed a donation towards the expenses of the ship's visit.
Mrs. Gregory continues in her letter that she has just finished a sketch of the life of her grandfather who was a Quarter Gunner on the Constitution. She had recently had it placed in the window of Norris Osborne's store on Pleasant St.
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| Home Location |
FU Box 18X13 Charlie Shelf#4 |
| Object ID |
2006-073-00365 |
| Object Name |
Letter |
| People |
Andrews, Philip, RAdm |
| Search Terms |
USS Constitution |
| Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
| Subjects |
Ships
USS Constitution
Dinner parties |
| Year Range from |
1931 |
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Last modified on: January 05, 2009
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