Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

Josephine M. Pride to Benjamin Franklin Yancey, February 21, 1911

Education--Esmont school | Place--Charlottesville, VA | Place--Esmont, VA | Place--Virginia, other | Travel

Josephine Pride, a teacher, apologizes for being late in coming to Esmont. She promises to leave Charlottesville on the 23rd of February.

To: Mr. B.F. Yancey
Esmont, Virginia
Postmark: Charlottesville, VA
FEB 20,1911
12 PM

Feb. 21, 1911

Mr. B.F. Yancey
Esmont, Va
My dear Sir,

My delay in coming to your schools has been unavoidable. I will leave Ch'ville Thursday, (Feb. 23) of this week at six o'clock A.M. for Rockfish and thence to Esmont. Please arrange to meet me here have me go to work Friday.

I will stay in your

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District until all the schools close.

I would be obliged if you would drop me a card as soon as you receive this letter saying if every thing is O.K.

Respectfully,
Josephine M. Pride

Published by: Virginia Center for Digital History

Source copy consulted: Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family (MSS 11599), Alderman Library, University of Virginia

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