Re: LFH-Bolger correspondance challenge
Obviously I have too much time on my hands, Peter: I opened up all
the pages in box 2 folder 8 (apart from the ones that wouldn't open
for some reason) and saw nothing from or about PCB. But, as you say,
there could have been a passing reference in one of the letters, as
I certainly didn't read all the text.
My time wasn't wasted, because I enjoyed reading many of the
letters. Here is a snippet from one of his ever-polite replies to
his correspondents: "... I must tell you frankly that some of the
designs of Fife, Watson and Steers please me ever so much more than
my own do."
Perhaps 15 years ago, a letter from the author Roger C. Taylor was
published in Woodenboat, calling for information about LFH that
would help him write a biography of the great man. I wrote to say
that I had noticed he was probably dyslexic (he certainly couldn't
spell). Taylor wrote a nice reply saying he had already worked this
out too.
As far as I know, Taylor's book was never published. There'd be
enough material for a book or two in the Mystic Seaport collection
that you've so kindly provided a link to, Peter.
Howard
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the pages in box 2 folder 8 (apart from the ones that wouldn't open
for some reason) and saw nothing from or about PCB. But, as you say,
there could have been a passing reference in one of the letters, as
I certainly didn't read all the text.
My time wasn't wasted, because I enjoyed reading many of the
letters. Here is a snippet from one of his ever-polite replies to
his correspondents: "... I must tell you frankly that some of the
designs of Fife, Watson and Steers please me ever so much more than
my own do."
Perhaps 15 years ago, a letter from the author Roger C. Taylor was
published in Woodenboat, calling for information about LFH that
would help him write a biography of the great man. I wrote to say
that I had noticed he was probably dyslexic (he certainly couldn't
spell). Taylor wrote a nice reply saying he had already worked this
out too.
As far as I know, Taylor's book was never published. There'd be
enough material for a book or two in the Mystic Seaport collection
that you've so kindly provided a link to, Peter.
Howard
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "pvanderwaart" <pvanderwaart@y...>
wrote:
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> One sidelight of a Google search was the discovery of the index of
> Mystic Seaport collection of LFH letters.http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/manuscripts/coll/coll138/coll138
>
>
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>PageNum=35&BibID=35258&Box=5&Folder=4
> There is a listing of the names mentioned in the letters, together
> with the number of the folder in which the letter is shelved. Four
> references to Bolger. The challenge is to find them.
>
> I found one in box 5, folder 4. It turns out to be letter 35 of 89,
> and is a letter from PCB to LFH from his time in Spain.
>
>http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/Manuscripts/CPageImage.cfm?
>
> There are three other references, but keep in mind that any of them
> might be just the mention of his name in an illegible document.
>
> Peter
One sidelight of a Google search was the discovery of the index of the
Mystic Seaport collection of LFH letters.
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/manuscripts/coll/coll138/coll138.cfm
There is a listing of the names mentioned in the letters, together
with the number of the folder in which the letter is shelved. Four
references to Bolger. The challenge is to find them.
I found one in box 5, folder 4. It turns out to be letter 35 of 89,
and is a letter from PCB to LFH from his time in Spain.
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/Manuscripts/CPageImage.cfm?PageNum=35&BibID=35258&Box=5&Folder=4
There are three other references, but keep in mind that any of them
might be just the mention of his name in an illegible document.
Peter
Mystic Seaport collection of LFH letters.
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/manuscripts/coll/coll138/coll138.cfm
There is a listing of the names mentioned in the letters, together
with the number of the folder in which the letter is shelved. Four
references to Bolger. The challenge is to find them.
I found one in box 5, folder 4. It turns out to be letter 35 of 89,
and is a letter from PCB to LFH from his time in Spain.
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/Manuscripts/CPageImage.cfm?PageNum=35&BibID=35258&Box=5&Folder=4
There are three other references, but keep in mind that any of them
might be just the mention of his name in an illegible document.
Peter