My grandfather Cecil Dunscombe (1887-1918) and his brother Carroll (1889-1976) were students at The Curtis School For Boys in Brookfield, Connecticut in 1897 and 1898. During this time Cecil wrote a series of letters to his parents in Brooklyn, N.Y. They include illustrations, tales of daily life at school (including the death of a young classmate) and greetings to his sister and younger brother at home. The letters were preserved by his wife, my grandmother Marie (Momou) and later by my father, and are currently in my possession. The entire series are shown below. Tragically Cecil died in naval service during World War I at the age of thirty one.
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Cecil's letters home, January 1, 1897, page 1
Cecil's letters home, January 1, 1897, page 2
Cecil's letters home, January 17, 1897, page 1
Cecil's letters home, January 17, 1897, page 2
Cecil's letters home, January 24, 1897, page 1
Cecil's letters home, January 24, 1897, page 2
Cecil's letters home, January 24, 1897, page 3
Cecil's letters home, January 24, 1897, page 4
Cecil's letters home, January 31, 1897, page 1
Cecil's letters home, January 31, 1897, page 2
Cecil's letters home, January 31, 1897, page 3
Cecil's letters home, February 7, 1897, page 1
Cecil's letters home, February 7, 1897, page 2
Cecil's letters home, February 7, 1897, page 3
Cecil's letters home, February 7, 1897, page 4
Cecil's letters home, March 21, 1897, page 1
Cecil's letters home, March 21, 1897, page 2
Cecil's letters home, March 21, 1897, page 3
Cecil's letters home, March 21, 1897, page 4
Cecil's letters home, April 4, 1897, page 1
Cecil's letters home, April 4, 1897, page 2
Cecil's letters home, April 4, 1897, page 3
Cecil's letters home, April 4, 1897, page 4
Cecil's letters home, May 2, 1897, page 1
Cecil's letters home, May 2, 1897, page 2
Cecil's letters home, May 2, 1897, page 3
Cecil's letters home, May 2, 1897, page 4
Cecil's letters home, September 26, 1897, page 1
Cecil's letters home, September 26, 1897, page 2
Cecil's letters home, September 26, 1897, page 3
Cecil's letters home, September 26, 1897, page 4
Cecil's letters home, December 12, 1897, page 1
Cecil's letters home, December 12, 1897, page 2
Cecil's letters home, December 12, 1897, page 3
Cecil's letters home, December 12, 1897, page 4
Cecil's letters home, January 30, 1898, page 1
Cecil's letters home, January 30, 1898, page 2
Cecil's letters home, January 30, 1898, page 3
Cecil's letters home, January 30, 1898, page 4
Cecil's letters home, February 6, 1898, page 1
Cecil's letters home, February 6, 1898, page 2
Cecil's letters home, February 6, 1898, page 3
Cecil's letters home, February 6, 1898, page 4
Cecil's letters home, March 6, 1898, page 1
Cecil's letters home, March 6, 1898, page 2
Cecil's letters home, March 6, 1898, page 3
Cecil's letters home, March 6, 1898, page 4
Cecil's letters home, March 13, 1898, page 4
Cecil's letters home, March 13, 1898, page 1
Cecil's letters home, March 13, 1898, page 2
Cecil's letters home, March 13, 1898, page 3
Cecil's letters home, March 20, 1898, page 1
Cecil's letters home, March 20, 1898, page 2
Cecil's letters home, March 20, 1898, page 3
Cecil's letters home, March 20, 1898, page 4
Cecil's letters home, March 26, 1898, page 1
Cecil's letters home, March 26, 1898, page 2
Cecil's letters home, March 26, 1898, page 3
Cecil's letters home, May 10, 1898, page 1
Cecil's letters home, May 10, 1898, page 2
Cecil's letters home, May 10, 1898, page 3
Cecil's letters home, May 10, 1898, page 4
Cecil's letters home, May 17, 1898, page 1
Cecil's letters home, May 17, 1898, page 2
Cecil's letters home, May 17, 1898, page 3
Cecil's letters home, May 17, 1898, page 4
Cecil's letters home, Class schedule
