tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post7318533024591202721..comments2024-03-27T20:59:17.874-04:00Comments on Vicki Lane Mysteries: The Grady RecordVicki Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-30623742673570626042008-09-18T20:15:00.000-04:002008-09-18T20:15:00.000-04:00I'm glad to know others share my somewhat voyeuris...I'm glad to know others share my somewhat voyeuristic fascination. How neat to read the letters that sounded like the couple broke up -- and then know that they didn't!<BR/><BR/>I have several old text books -- my favorite is A PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY from 1846. It's full of stuff like "The Greenlanders are small in stature and are a weak, indolent, and superstitious race." And my Emily Post ETIQUETTE from the 1920s is always fun to read -- managing the small household with only a few servants is SUCH a useful chapter!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-54930763769022449892008-09-18T20:04:00.000-04:002008-09-18T20:04:00.000-04:00I love old books. I'm partial to old text and mann...I love old books. I'm partial to old text and manners books, but journals are fun if you're lucky enough to find them. Great find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-42504196521052867102008-09-18T17:56:00.000-04:002008-09-18T17:56:00.000-04:00I once had access to letters written by a Vanderbi...I once had access to letters written by a Vanderbilt medical student in the 1880s to his fiance in Buena Vista, GA. About two dozen of the letters he wrote were preserved in the house that the couple bought when they married which later became a bed and breakfast. The last of the letters sounds as though the couple had a major disagreement via letter and were about to break their engagement. <BR/><BR/>But we know they didn't because family pictures of the couple with their 5 children adorn the wall of the house and many family artifacts such as the doctor's black bag for house calls are also on display. <BR/><BR/>The owner of the B&B bought and restored the house from a great nephew of the couple who sold it with all the family memorabilia included. How sad for his family that he didn't want to keep it for the family, but it was an intriguing story for B&B guests.<BR/><BR/>Lynne in GA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-64145759566699270842008-09-16T22:18:00.000-04:002008-09-16T22:18:00.000-04:00Yep, this is way cool! I know I'll make use of bit...Yep, this is way cool! I know I'll make use of bits and pieces.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-42746026830993702142008-09-16T22:11:00.000-04:002008-09-16T22:11:00.000-04:00OMG Vicki, what a wonderful 'gift' from Sheila P. ...OMG Vicki, what a wonderful 'gift' from Sheila P. Stuff like that just fascinates me and wants me to know more ... Hope this does help you out with Miss Birdie's book and future ones too.Pat in east TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654095647835294718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-86116012874901572062008-09-16T16:48:00.000-04:002008-09-16T16:48:00.000-04:00Very fascinating. I have a couple of old register...Very fascinating. I have a couple of old registers from one of the old stores here in town (long since closed)...now you've made me want to pull them out and look them over again. :-) It's interesting how detailed people were--I guess in effect they were leaving a diary.<BR/>TammyTammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02131066591477169851noreply@blogger.com