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A Handwritten letter from D. L. Day (Bacon Banjos) to A. P. Sharpe

Dec 4, 2025 - 6:09:47 AM
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Dec 4, 2025 - 6:34:14 AM
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574 posts since 11/6/2007

Interesting!
And thank you.
I'm having trouble reading it, though. What does it say?

Dec 4, 2025 - 6:56:33 AM

9399 posts since 9/21/2007

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Originally posted by Andrew Roblin

Interesting!
And thank you.
I'm having trouble reading it, though. What does it say?


Perhaps this would be an opportunity to learn to read cursive?

Day's handwriting is very readable compared to many other examples from the era. 

Dec 4, 2025 - 7:12:23 AM

574 posts since 11/6/2007

:-)
I think it's more that I haven't figured out how to render the image large enough read.
Still...thank you!

Dec 4, 2025 - 7:30:06 AM

9399 posts since 9/21/2007

quote:
Originally posted by Andrew Roblin

:-)
I think it's more that I haven't figured out how to render the image large enough read.
Still...thank you!


Click on the header in the box, which is a link, that will take you to the Internet Archive posting where you can view or download it.  Or click on the three dots and download. 

Dec 4, 2025 - 7:35:31 AM

1939 posts since 1/9/2012

Thanks for the post.

London 1940 -- my parents were there, on the receiving end of Wernher von Braun's gifts.

D. Day, a giant of banjo design, promotion, and corporate management, was elected to the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame in 2014 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck-tfoOTOJE.  Apparently, with Day having no living descendants, Greg Deering attended the ceremony to accept the award on Day's behalf.

Dec 4, 2025 - 1:03:56 PM

431 posts since 1/7/2021

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Originally posted by Joel Hooks

Click on the header in the box, which is a link, that will take you to the Internet Archive posting where you can view or download it.  Or click on the three dots and download. 


This doesn't work for me, but does work if I middle-click, or right click and open in new tab.

Just mentioning it in case anyone else faces the same issue.

Dec 4, 2025 - 1:16:43 PM
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