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I am tired and lonesome and have a headache–Letter Home–Nov. 20, 1921

[Headlines from The New York Times (page 1, above the fold) to place the letters in context of the world around them.] CALL GERMAN BLUFF...

Nov 22, 20221 min read

[Headlines from The New York Times (page 1, above the fold) to place the letters in context of the world around them.] 1/7/21 INTRIGUE, ...

Oct 26, 20222 min read

Tomorrow we will start the new year, 1921, for the Briggs family. The 1921 New Years Eve was touted as the saddest ever, as the reality...

Oct 18, 20222 min read

[Headlines from The New York Times (page 1, above the fold) to place the letters in context of the world around them.] COOLIDGE AGREES...

Sep 29, 20222 min read

[Headlines from The New York Times (page 1, above the fold) to place the letters in context of the world around them.] PROSECUTE...

Jul 13, 20222 min read

[Headlines from The New York Times (page 1, above the fold) to place the letters in context of the world around them.] 12/29/08 WILEY'S...

Jun 22, 20223 min read

MME. ANNA GOULD TO LIVE IN AMERICA Will Sell Out All Her Property in France, She Says, and Come Home. CHILDREN TO GROW UP HERE Hopes When...

Jun 20, 20221 min read

I never knew my great-grandfather, John Adoniram Briggs. He died two years before I was born. But he was a strong presence in my life. My...

Jun 15, 20223 min read