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Correspondence from William Brooks Cabot to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm ca. 1930-1946, part 2
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| + | Dear Mrs. Eckstorm, | ||
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| + | I enclose your two Pingree letters, with thanks. Curious how those names jingle together - Pingree & Pynchon at Springfield, both conspicuous. | ||
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| + | The way I got to looking at Kennebunk as a pondy word was by running into Nepanket, or Nepunket, R. "near C. Neddick." May not be the Ken- R. but sets the form, which looks wet to me. Close to our decidedly wet Nippenicket or Neapnuncket, here. I would say that Kennebunk R. (Biddeford abt:) was quite a good fit with the wet meaning. It seems reasonable to take the nip- | ||
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[Penciled at top left corner of page:] C
447
Oct 31 / 34
Dear Mrs. Eckstorm,
I enclose your two Pingree letters, with thanks. Curious how those names jingle together - Pingree & Pynchon at Springfield, both conspicuous.
The way I got to looking at Kennebunk as a pondy word was by running into Nepanket, or Nepunket, R. "near C. Neddick." May not be the Ken- R. but sets the form, which looks wet to me. Close to our decidedly wet Nippenicket or Neapnuncket, here. I would say that Kennebunk R. (Biddeford abt:) was quite a good fit with the wet meaning. It seems reasonable to take the nip-