Correspondence: G.E. Valley Jr. -> Harold Hancock, 9 Jun 1985
History · 9 Jun 1985
Linked to Susan Holliday Cummins, John Cummins, Frances Wingate Davis and George Edward Valley Jr
Dear Professor Hancock,
I see no reason for keeping the information in the Cummins bible a secret, and if it would cheer Mrs. Cummins to have it, I’ll send a copy to you before you go.
I imagine she has a copy of the second document, which concerns the dividing of the estate of Mary C. Cavender, daughter of Susan H. Cummins, and grand daughter of John Cummins. This five page document, unsigned and undated, contains names of those related to Mrs. Cavender to the fourth degree, or of their surviving children. I think this paper was composed in the 1950s, well after my grandfather’s death. The copy of this document in my hands probably was found among my mother’s papers, and seems to be a photostat of an originally mimeographed version, so there were probably lots of copies of it.
Mrs. Cummins can have a copy of it, too, in the unlikely event she hasn’t one already.
Concord is as pleasant a community as the Boston area affords to all but the very rich. A history of Concord by Ruth R. Wheeler: “Concord, Climate for Freedom”, published by the Concord Antiquarian Society, Concord, Mass, 1967 is informative. Mrs. Wheeler was a descendant of an original settler of that name, and she included her family lore in the story.
Sincerely,