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From: John Leggett [mailto:john.leggett@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 6:50 PM
To: Leggett, David
Subject: mission accomplished
Hi David,
Yesterday Mom & I drove into Pgh to Homewood Cem where I set the WW I marker in front of the Corbett side of the stone. On the other side the marker you had made is resting comfortably looking like it belonged there. In front of it is a concrete planter with flowers. That must be part of the perpet care agreement set up by I don't know who. Then we headed north up PA 8 to Butler. After lunch, salads at Wendy's, we went right into North Cem and dug a hole behind our flat marker for the Korean vet flag holder keeping it in line with Dad's WW I holder.None of the care-taking red-heads were about so I could not ask why they set the historical marker to the left front of the big Leggett monument rather than center it. Heaven knows what was in their minds.
Last eve I talked to Liz about Dorothy's obit, etc. At the Aug 16 memorial I suggested that she speak for the family about Dorothy, she said doing so filled her with fear. She recommended Doug Sr.,but I objected that he was not family & had spoken at Dick's. Then I recommended that you speak as the family rep. John Fletcher will speak about her scholarly life & Liz will ask her maid of honor Molly from Montreal to speak as an old friend. What think you? Love, Dad
-----Original Message-----
From: Leggett, David
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:45 AM
To: 'Wertz, Dorothy'
Subject: RE: veteran grave markers
Dorothy,
No need. The cost is nominal, so let me do this for you. I had been planning the other markers, one for Dad's Korean era service, one for Uncle Frank Civil War (don't think there ever was a marker for him, but his stone mentions his membership in the Military Order of the Loyal Legion) then two SAR markers for the stone we put in Hunt's Point last year, and also for Thomas Leggett at St. Peter's. I'd like to go to NY in early Dec to put these in, but we'll see if this is possible.
Still haven't heard back from the Keeper of Ely Diocesan Records. We seem to suffer from a bad connection, and I'll have to prod him again.
Peter Derrick from Bronx Historical has sent me photocopies of a late 19th c. insurance map of the Hunt's Point area. He thinks he located Rose Bank on it, but I think it is a different building on the same map. If it were standing today, it would block the gate through which we walked from the street corner where we parked, into the industrial property, down to the waterfront. Pretty close to where I thought the house was in the beginning. The map also shows Leggett Creek, a tidal estuary through the salt marshes, all now filled in.
-----Original Message-----
From: Wertz, Dorothy [mailto:Dorothy.Wertz@umassmed.edu]
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 12:35 AM
To: David.Leggett@fns.usda.gov
Subject: RE: veteran grave markers
Dear David, Thank you, thank you. This saves me a lot of trouble. What do I owe you? Dorothy
-----Original Message-----
From: David.Leggett@fns.usda.gov
To: erleg@worldnet.att.net; Wertz, Dorothy
Sent: 11/7/02 10:49 AM
Subject: veteran grave markers
The five bronze markers, with extra flags, arrived last night by UPS. I
will now set the ground rod of each in a bit of concrete, to discourage
theft. It seems that Wm Corbett's WWI marker in Homewood has been
stolen some time since, so I got one to replace it. Maybe we can put it
in when I am up there over Christmas.
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