Oops! I meant to reply to Jim Bauer privately- he hasn't been feeling well. Pat Pat Sabin wrote: > > Hey, you're not supposed to be answering e-mail! > > Yes, that's the one. I had Higginson reprint the book for me (for more > than $28.00!). Either these pages were missing from their original, or > they goofed in the reprint. Sounded like an interesting story, and it > stopped in mid sentence. > > I don't know if I mentioned this, but the copy I got, which is literally > a bound photocopy of the original 1857 book, has the Sabin and Vaughn > names underlined in the book. That can only mean that whoever owned the > original was connected to my family. Isn't that amazing? > > Thank your wife for offering to transcribe. That would be wonderful, > but there is no rush. I know you've both got more important things on > your minds. I hope you're feeling a little better today. > > Pat > Jim Bauer wrote: > > > > At 10:10 AM 10/2/1999 -0400, you wrote: > > >I am chipping away at transcribing the 1857 town histories (albeit often > > >diverted by juicier topics). I was working on Addison Township, and > > >find that I am missing two pages, right in the middle of an interesting > > >story! If anyone has access to the 1857 history by Vallette and > > >Richmond and would be willing to transcribe pages 148 and 149, please > > >let me know. > > > > > > > > Pat > > > > I think I have the book you are looking for...The History of DuPage Couty > > by Vallette & Richmond. Are you looking for opening page #147 of "The > > History of the Town of Addison". Then continued on page 148 and finishing > > up on page 149 with the wording of > > > > "first white child in the town. Three barrel of frozen apples > > were.............." > > > > If this is it, let me know. My wife said she would transcribe it for you. > > > > Jim Bauer > > > > P.S....noticed this book for sale on e-bay a few days ago. The bid was up > > to $28.+