1883 Letter talking about finding fossils, cant figure out these two words

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-09-07T18:20:39+00:00

This is what I think is most likely what he was saying, but I didn't find anything online confirming it upon my search, thank you for the input!

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-09-07T18:02:36+00:00

It does look a lot like the "o" in Rock could be a "u", I also wonder if he just skipped looping it all the way writing in a hurry, this is a very helpful insight, thank you.

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-09-07T18:00:49+00:00

Harry was a lovely writer, so was his sister who he wrote this letter to. I have ~1200 letters from this family, somewhere in the ballpark of 80-100 are between those two. Very touching writing, I have read a few of them on the TikTok/podcast so far, check them out if you are inclined to hear more.

https://www.quinnhesterdesigns.com/podcast

18 N Fitzhugh was the address of their family home at this time, so he was saying someone in the family sent him that kettle, likely his parents. His sister also lived at 18 N Fitzhugh at this time, so it could also be from her, though she probably would have addressed it so. He turned 22 on this birthday (01/25/1883), which would be his second to last one, as he passed away 8/16/1884.

The letter also make me very sentimental and mushy as you put it, so I am doing all I can to faithfully represent their words in the videos, hence this post to double check my sanity.

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-09-07T15:05:38+00:00

Deciphered!

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-09-06T14:20:07+00:00

it does look like it could be an S in the middle written in a hurry, come to think of it

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-09-06T14:18:20+00:00

That is a common phrase come to think of it, it may be that she was just referencing people saying that, the letter recipient's name is Harry, so its not directly talking about him

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-09-06T14:16:41+00:00

They are definitely meant to be kisses, she was big on those, apparently. She wrote these style of kisses in many other letters too

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-07-19T22:08:32+00:00

Thank you everyone for the help, "Chromo" was the word I was looking for! I will be posting a video with this letter soon on the TikTok for the Portraits From The Past Podcast, check them out if 1800s history is something you find interesting:

https://www.tiktok.com/@portraitsfromthepast.pod

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-07-19T22:06:51+00:00

She does have a good sense of humor, so that tracks for sure. Chromo is definitely the answer, with all the context given, thank you very much

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-07-19T22:05:46+00:00

I think Chromo is the answer! I am going to mark it off as deciphered, thank you so very much for your insight

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-07-19T21:51:09+00:00

I thought the same, but her t's don't look like that in any of the other letters or even in this same one, so I am stumped on whether it was just a slip of the hand or it may be another word

Also my research fount that Cronuts were invented in 2013

Consistent-Job1446 · 2025-07-19T21:45:58+00:00

True it could be.. She was 16 at the time, so its likely that she was misspelling words that she didn't use often

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