More from the Jones collection
The remarkable letter of Dr. Flippin to O.C. Jones was followed by a box full of memorabilia from the Jones family. I was particularly touched by one item. It was not a large volume at all, but a rather tattered pocket book in Germanic script Swedish...Luther's Smaller Catechism. Bent and deteriorated, it was an amazing survival.
The implication was unmistakable. A young immigrant, in this case Swe…
