Old Letters

Abstract

The letters used in this series were provided by Diane Holmes AAFA #108 1. She w as asked to obtain permission from her source for AAFA to publish them. When she did the source joined. Allan John Ashley and Alice Buck Ashley are members #1092 [See New Me mbers & Their Alford Lineage. ] Allan is a descendant of Allen s sister, Maria Anna Alvord Hughes. The letters being published were transcribed by Alice Buck Ashley and A llan has g iven perm ission to publish th em. The y spell his m iddle name as McLainec but the Alvord book published in 1908 lists him as McLean. Editors