tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446893552661887965.post734520439761001304..comments2024-03-18T14:30:25.926-04:00Comments on TheAncestorFiles: A Letter From a Refugee in 1857Amy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446893552661887965.post-36171966237688089852016-08-30T09:17:18.609-04:002016-08-30T09:17:18.609-04:00Note that the handwriting here is notably differen...Note that the handwriting here is notably different from the handwriting on another letter also supposed to be written by Sidney Tanner:<br /><br />http://theancestorfiles.blogspot.com/2016/05/sidney-tanner-writes-to-family-of-his.html<br /><br />Sidney mentions having sore eyes at the very beginning of this letter. Could he have been dictating it to his wife, Julia, or one of their children? None of them would have had the benefit of extensive education, living on the frontier as they did.Amy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.com