March 31, 1911

After a two year hiatus from transcribing these letters, I decided it was time to get back into the project.  It is utterly fascinating to hold these beautifully-preserved documents, and to wonder if my grandmother ever sat down and read them again in her later years.  She and my grandfather clearly had a special relationship, though it was cut short by his death when their children were tiny.  I don't think my mother read them all in order.  What a story they make!

I'll let the letters tell the story.  Here's the next one, which Jim wrote to Janet on March 31, 2011, almost 103 years ago. 

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Jim had, indeed, addressed the last envelope to her home on Mance Street.  I am not sure whom he suspected of opening his letters to her; but he addressed this one to her at her work, at Canada Cement Company, Ltd, Montreal, Que  That was the entire address.