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Cover With #88 + Interesting Letter!

 
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filipo
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Cover and stamp are nothing special, but the letter could be a little quest for the amateur historians here!
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From great news, the writer sure changes tone and begins speaking of death. This is a very 19th century letter in content. People evidently did think like this.

Who noticed that on the cover the notation "split grill"?
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The seminary is still in operation, it would seem.

http://www.nashotah.edu/

Many Christian churches perpetuated the concept of "remember that you will die" or in latin, memento mori. This was to focus the person on the eternal realities of the faith.
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filipo
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rohumpy - I really don't know about the "split grill" notation... probably one of the previous owners. I can make you a closer scan of the grill, if you want to see it.

smauggie - from the pic, I can see that they have a really nice library... I can bet is a very special atmosphere in it!

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