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Lyle Nyberg's avatar

Hi John,

That post on Trouant’s Island is great.

I am writing a book on the history of the North River, and it includes Trouant’s Island.

I might want to use a couple of your photos in the book. The kids on the toy car is nice, and the two women in a rowboat is excellent (although not in your post itself). Can you send me high-resolution copies (300 dpi), your permission, and information for a credit line? Do you have any information on who is pictured, where taken, and when?

I would be happy to share my research.

Thank you for recording this history.

Best,

Lyle Nyberg

Historian

Scituate

mailto:lylenyberg@comcast.net

http://www.lylenyberg.com

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John Howard's avatar

Hi Lyle,

I would be interested in your book when completed! There are a lot of other photos from Trouants Island, some of the area around Fourth Cliff and one of the sand and gravel works in Scituate. More when I reply to you by email.

John

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Ray Freden's avatar

Last ¶ wrong date, and where did your information come from as to the Island being created by the ‘98 storm ?

R.

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John Howard's avatar

Thanks for your message, Ray. I’ve just published this story as my grandfather wrote it, no fact checking of that kind. I do know from visits to the island with my father that in fact it has diminished over time through erosion as it suggests in the story, but I’ve not been there in a very long time. I’ll check that date you flagged, thanks. (By the way, Jack Howard was born in 1875; if he went hunting in the area while still in school as he states, he’d have been familiar with the topography prior to the storm.)

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