My grandfather went on a trip around the world as a coaler in 1894. His mother kept his letters home, and I transcribed them a few years back.
Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middle Ages
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These are wonderful! Your dad was quite the ladies' man too. I love the depiction of the Bengali princess: "...I doubt if she realizes that there are a group of people on earth who actually work and it is this which makes the world go around. She floats endlessly in her world of art, poetry, and creativity... It will be a considerable relief when this girl has returned to London and I can become rested again..." Woul…
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Clickable link. Looking forward to reading the rest !
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
These are wonderful! Your dad was quite the ladies' man too. I love the depiction of the Bengali princess: "...I doubt if she realizes that there are a group of people on earth who actually work and it is this which makes the world go around. She floats endlessly in her world of art, poetry, and creativity... It will be a considerable relief when this girl has returned to London and I can become rested again..." Woul…
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These look great - I would have loved to do what he did. I've done quite a lot of travel and lived overseas but there is something very interesting about doing it in a diplomatic function watching the local history happen.
On the link you posted I just read the first article - and its dated Jan 5 1960. Are you sure its not 1961 - in the letter he says 1961 is on its way.
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#35Timely post. My Father (80) is in the process of publishing a book titled "Dear Mom: Letters Home From a Diplomatic Courier 50 Years Ago." Basically his Mother kept all the letters/postcards (~700) he sent home during his time traveling the World with the State Department. He recently began digitizing them to compile a book. It is almost a re-life Forest Gump story...a man in Moscow at the height of the cold war; bei…
Love the letters! Looking forward to the ebook!
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#38I can't help but wonder if one day people will be looking at how adorable ancient programmers were in the 2000's with their "monitors" and "smart phones."
Re: Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middle Ages
#39Timely post. My Father (80) is in the process of publishing a book titled "Dear Mom: Letters Home From a Diplomatic Courier 50 Years Ago." Basically his Mother kept all the letters/postcards (~700) he sent home during his time traveling the World with the State Department. He recently began digitizing them to compile a book. It is almost a re-life Forest Gump story...a man in Moscow at the height of the cold war; bei…
Great stuff. And clearly your father predicted the future in 1965:
>>While everything looks so bright for 1965 in America, it is very moving to see a country, or live in a country, where everything will deteriorate further during the year to come. Hardships on the average man will increase, prices will rise, unrest will continue, and more human freedoms will be turned over to the central government, who in turn will botch up things even more. It is a pathetic situation here.
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#40I like how the kid butters him up a bit before just admitting that he's asking for beer money. Refreshingly honest.
Of worthy note: "In the year 1400 he penned this imaginary letter from a student to his father:"
That's the Eustache Deschamps one. The first one, which the article doesn't attribute and doesn't claim is imaginary, also makes a veiled reference via Bacchus, though.