Mrs. Mollie H. Wilson lived in Amberson Valley, an unincorporated community of Franklin County in south-central Pennsylvania.
Located in a narrow valley of the Appalachian Mountains, Amberson Valley did not have a Post Office after 1915.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amberson,_Pennsylvania
In September of 1909, Mollie received a postcard from someone identified only by initials – possibly “B. C. C. “
The postcard was mailed from Washington DC, and the writer identifies her home as 1318 Riggs Street.
This address is a beautiful, well-crafted townhouse in the northwest section of the capital city – the 3- bedroom home was built in 1900, and sold in 2020 for 1.5 million dollars.
https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1318-Riggs-St-NW-20009/home/9871868
The face of the postcard is a photograph of the “Memorial Tablet. Rocky Springs Churchyard.”
Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church is an unusual survival of church architecture from 1794.
Now a National Historic Place, this brick, Georgian-style structure retains the pews, pulpit, and furnishings of the 18th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Spring_Presbyterian_Church
Among the original trustees of the Church were James Culbertson and Samuel Culbertson.
These Irish immigrants and members of their extended family were ardent supporters of the American Revolution against the English monarchy.
The memorial tablet shown in the postcard photograph is a stone monument with a brass plaque recounting the battles in which the listed members of the Culbertson family served.
The tablet (and the churchyard containing many other graves of Revolutionary War soldiers) is now a National Historic Place.
Rocky Springs Church is located in Letterkenny Township of Franklin County.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny_Township,_Pennsylvania
That the sender was using this postcard suggests that she might be a native of Franklin County, perhaps working as a domestic (like thousands of other Irish girls) in Washington DC.
On the reverse, the writer indicates that she was “sending with this pkg to Mr. H. in Shippensburg”.
The sender reports that she is “busy canning peaches & making marmalade”.
Fortunately, “all are well again”.
The final phrase of the message, related to the cool weather, is not clear.
Mrs. Wilson preserved the postcard in very good condition throughout her life.
