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From: Heather Griggs <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, April 13, 1998 4:24 PM
Subject: Phone #/address for report copy?
 
>Dear Diane,
>I am sorry at having been a bit slow to answer your request, but I wanted
>to suggest that you try to get a hold of a report from New York.  I
>recently wrote a paper on toys and used the report from a Civil War Era
>cistern (1840 - 1867)behind a working class tenement in New York.  The
>cistern contained over 140 marbles made of clay, glass, and ceramic and had
>some beautiful examples of all three types.
>
>I believe the report is actually called Excavation of a Civil War Era
>Cistern and Associated Water System, or something similar, and was written
>by Joel Grossman and Associates in 1995 for the New York City Housing
>Authority.  I know that the South Street Seaport in New York City has a
>copy, but there might be other copies around.  It really was the most
>spectacular assemblage of marbles I had ever seen and might benefit your
>work.  I hope thise is of some help.
>
>Regards,
>Heather Griggs
>