History in the Mail

Postcards and Historic Papers

May 30, 2024 No Comments

Mrs. George Ferguson lived in East Orange, a city on the Passayak River in Essex County of northeast New Jersey. East Orange (originally settled in

July 1, 2023 No Comments

In earlier postcard stories, we met Hampton Pullis when he was a child and living in northern New Jersey. [“A Roller Skate for the New

October 26, 2022 No Comments

There were an estimated four billion chestnut trees in the US at the turn of the 20th century. The nut was a source of food

Tellings stories from the past.