Re: [DL] The Whateleys

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> First, one of the branches of the Whateleys is the
> Duponts. Are they in anyway related to the company
> that makes chemical products, or is this just an
> unfortunate coincidence?

It's different- or so we think!

> Second, another branch is the Curwens. Wasn't this the
> surname of the notorious ancestor in H.P. Lovecraft's
> "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" (I'd look this up
> myself, but I seem to have misplaced my copy)?

I wouldn't be urprised, as the Whateley name itself was taken from
Lovecraft's work.

Nick Zachariasen
Editor Emeritus
Trojan Times