| date |
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|
TR's notes* |
scan |
transcription |
| 1943.01.04 |
|
HHR&JCR |
At Lee Field, south of Jacksonville. Meeting Frank Chapman at Royal Palm State Park, now part of Everglades National Park. Then driving north to the Jacksonville area again. Usher at a wedding. |
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| 1943.01.10 |
Jacksonville |
HHR&JCR |
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| 1943.01.28 |
|
HHR&JCR |
Evidently the reference is to LER's death. Quite a bit re local trees. |
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| 1943.02.05 |
|
HHR&JCR |
Long bicycle trip, partly after dark. Forest fires described. |
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| 1943.02.06 |
|
JR2 |
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| 1943.02.16 |
|
JCR |
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| 1943.02.17 |
|
HHR |
Reading A Florida Sketchbook by Bradford Torrey while riding in the back seat of a plane. |
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| 1943.02.23 |
|
HHR&JCR |
Carolina wren playing with a large insect; 2 others playing with each other—long description. |
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| 1943.03.04 |
|
HHR&JCR |
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html |
| 1943.03.09 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Operational training starting in SBDs at Daytona. |
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| 1943.03.17 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
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| 1943.03.30 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
|
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html |
| 1943.04.12 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Paper nautilus found. |
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html |
| 1943.04.22 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
|
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html |
| 1943.04.28 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
|
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html |
| 1943.05.02 |
Hotel Sherman, Chicago, IL |
HHR&JCR |
|
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html |
| 1943.05.09 |
The Blackstone, Chicago, IL |
HHR&JCR |
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html |
| 1943.05.18 |
Glenview |
HHR&JCR |
Field carrier landings; track meet; visit to Ann Arbor. |
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html |
| 1943.05.23 |
Glenview |
HHR&JCR |
Field Museum; Gondoliers; 14 ?? warblers; first carrier landing coming up. |
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html |
| 1943.06.20 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
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html |
| 1943.07.02 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Full-fledged assistant instructor. |
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| 1943.07.14 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
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html |
| 1943.07.30 |
|
HHR&JCR |
Mentions shell collecting on bike ride. |
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| 1943.08.10 |
|
HHR&JCR |
Describes fatalities. |
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| 1943.08.25 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
|
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| 1943.09.09 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Comments on European Theatre (of War). Squam imagined. Shell collecting. Good letter. |
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| 1943.09.20 |
|
HHR&JCR |
Instrument flying. Trip to Key West. |
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| 1943.10.02 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Good bike trip. Manatees. |
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html |
| 1943.10.13 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Good trip to Clearwater, on west coast. Good birds & shells. |
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html |
| 1943.10.27 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Another good trip. Oyster Catchers & Sandhill Cranes. |
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| 1943.11.04 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Describes duties connected with flying. WAC dance. |
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| 1943.11.15 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Letter follows ferry trip to Quonset, RI and train home from the former. Returned south in a group. |
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| 1943.11.29 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
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| 1943.12.12 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Russ Keller mentioned. Trip to Sanibel too briefly described. |
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| 1943.12.23 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
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| 1943.12.29 |
Daytona |
HHR&JCR |
Busy Christmas week-end described. |
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Abbreviations
| Jacksonville |
U.S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL |
| Daytona |
U.S. Naval Air Station, Daytona Beach, FL |
Key to letters’ recipients
| initials |
name
|
dates
|
relationship to TR
|
| HHR |
Henry Howe Richards |
1876–1968 |
father |
| JCR |
Julia (Coolidge) Richards |
1889–1961 |
mother |
| JR2 |
John Richards II |
1932–2013 |
brother |
|
|
|
|
TR’s notes
These notes are a combination of
- Post-it™ notes attached by TR to many of his letters
- notes in an index prepared by TR.