I think it is a good thing….I have discovered a box of letters.  (I know, not exactly a new item in this house)  If the inventory list that Eileen created for it is correct, and I have zero reason to doubt it, it adds a nice little bit.  They appear to be letters between Oliver Ellsworth and Caroline Smith primarily (so early 1800’s), with a number of others.   Also another box of letters by William Webster Ellsworth and Helen to various friends.  The Oliver Ellsworth ones are all in a painfully ornate copperplate style, on tiny sheets, and slightly moused.  Naturally.

and someone said once that most of the family letters no longer existed..