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Archives for December 2011

By Boyce Thompson

J.R. Boyce Asked His Second Wife for a Divorce — Through the Newspaper

I’ve been holding onto this one for several months, not sure how to tell the story. I guess I’m still in shock. While in Montana last summer, reading old newspapers in a Butte library, I ran across an article I could barely believe. Under the headline “Twenty Years After,” the deck read, “James R. Boyce, […]

Filed Under: Boyce Tagged With: Adalaide F. Jackson, J.R. Boyce, Maria Louisa Wright

By Boyce Thompson

Rebecca Kruttschnitt Was a Published Illustrator

I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise given how many people in my family draw well. Nevertheless, I was astonished to discover recently that Rebecca de Mendes Kruttschnitt (1889-1974), my great grand aunt, was a professional illustrator. Rebecca Kruttschnitt adeptly illustrated a drawing-room novel — that’s right, a roman de salon — published in […]

Filed Under: Families, Kruttschnitt, Woodhouse Tagged With: Elinor Wylie, Henry de Clifford Woodhouse, Rebecca de Mendes Kruttschnitt

By Boyce Thompson

Deathbed Letters: My Life’s Story

I note in the book of yarns that you may want to hold them until you write a book and then use them. It may be that you will want to bring me into your book. I have no objections. If that is the case you may want a short outline of my life. Here goes.

Filed Under: Deathbed Letters, Families, Thompson Tagged With: J.E. Thompson, James Richard Thompson, William Boner Thompson, William Boyce Thompson

By Boyce Thompson

Deathbed Letters: The Meekest Man

At the end of 1906 I went to N.Y. to be a big shot on Wall Street and found that to be a big shot I had to have a butler. So I got one.

Filed Under: Deathbed Letters, Families, Thompson Tagged With: J.E. Thompson, William Boner Thompson, William Boyce Thompson

By Boyce Thompson

Deathbed Letters: Coming to Blows

I was free to run around City hall where I met an “expug” who was City Jailer. He taught me to punch bag and the manly art of self-defense.

Filed Under: Deathbed Letters, Families, Thompson Tagged With: J.E. Thompson, William Boner Thompson, William Boyce Thompson

By Boyce Thompson

Deathbed Letters: The Near Killing of Uncle Bill

Having a lot of time on my hands, am writing you a lot of old time experiences. This is about a near killing of your Uncle Bill.

Filed Under: Deathbed Letters, Families, Thompson Tagged With: J.E. Thompson, William Boner Thompson, William Boyce Thompson

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