The marriage of Lovecraft’s friend James F. Morton, reported in the amateur press…
His wife giving a glimpse of their life in Paterson…
Pearl K. Merritt was the sister of Dench’s wife, and thus not — as some university academics have claimed and as late as 2008 — “an African-American woman”. Morton’s death by a car accident, reported in the amateur press…
The report of his death implies that, as one of the leaders of the Puzzlers’ Club, he may have played a part in wartime code-breaking efforts.
Thank you for these. I wasn’t aware of how Morton died.
Thank you for the pictures of my grandfather’s brother. He (J.F. Morton) had died before I was born, so I had not known too much of him. I was very young, and didn’t have conversations with Gramps (Frank Smith Morton).