From the Collection of Pam and Dave Leadbetter

The Sentinel

Owned by Pam and Dave Leadbetter 
in Fleetwood Lancashire in England,
size 7.5 X 9 inches 
"The Sentinel" 
Below are letters from them and how they found it. 

 

 

 

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Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:14 AM
Subject: F C Ransom
 
Hello
 
I'm contacting you from Fleetwood Lancashire in England.
 
Today an original wooden fire surround has been removed from our home that was built in 1927,as it came away from the wall a calendar fell out (no dates, but traces of the ribbon that held the calendar part to the picture).
 
The picture is 7.5inchesx9inches and mounted on cardboard, it's title is "The Sentinel" and has Fletcher C Ransom written on the lower left side and the words By F.C.Ransom on the lower right side.
 
The picture is of a Native American astride his white/grey horse standing on a hill with the full moon reflecting onto a river.
 
I found your website and have looked for any references to this particular picture but to no avail. Have you any knowledge of this? I would be very interested to hear from you if you have the time to reply.
 
In anticipation
Best Wishes
Pam Leadbetter
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave LEADBETTER
To: k_tuason@hotmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:53 AM
Subject: F C Ransom

Dear Kathy
 
Many thanks for replying and so sorry I have not replied sooner! As I explained we are decorating our dining room and like all jobs it is taking a lot of our time plus we are having quite a heatwave at the moment! so we have been having some lovely days out and about at local "beauty spots"
 
I will send you a map showing you where we live in relationship to Wales and Durham, although there is quite a distance between North and South Wales! we are closer to North Wales.If you have a map of Gt Britain look for Ireland then east to the Irish sea carry on east and look for a small island called The Isle of Man, still further east and slightly to the south look on the west coast of England and Fleetwood is just 10 miles from Blackpool which is up the coast from Liverpool and then you come to North Wales! Hope I haven't confused you!
 
I am fairly new to the computer and do hope the scanned picture reaches you, it has come out fairly dark, I managed to lighten it in a photo plus programme and I am sure you will be able to do better and then the signature ,title and name will be visible at the bottom.Just for the record there is no date on the calender it had had one of those separate small calendars attached to the lower part but only the remains of the satin ribbon were there. We know for sure the house was built in 1927 and this was the original fire surround but we have no idea how long the calendar has been there.
 
If the attachment is not good enough for you to use let me know and I will take a photo of it to see if it comes out clearer. If I decided to part with it I will certainly let you know, at the moment he is waiting for "pride of place" in the newly decorated room where he was found ,so don't worry he will be treasured.
 
I would like to think we could keep in touch, and I look forward to seeing "The Sentinel" on your web page. Keep up the good work! afterall I would not have found out about F C Ransom but for your dedication to him.
 
Best wishes
Pam