Laura:
Thanks for doing this. I particularly like the words ‘Desuetude’ and ‘recrudescence’ (must remember to look them up). I’ve added a Google comment (apparently the first).
Thanks again.
Geoff
From: Laura Dickerson [mailto:lauradi rcn com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 8:51 AM
To: boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Glad that Ralph Adams Cram agrees with me
although I wasn't alive in 1895 when he wrote:
>>Here was a ring of bells, the first cast for North America, the most perfect from a campanological standpoint<<
I'd read a photocopy of this article at some point in the past, but it's great to have it easily available.
http://www.digitalhistoryproject.com/2011/08/restoration-of-christ-church-bells.html
Laura Dickerson