Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

H. Shelton to Harriet Anna Yancey, September 22 1947

Hard times | Health, illness and death | Home/Farm life | Place--Pennsylvania | Work and employment

H. Shelton requests Harriet Yancey to check his house for water leaks.

To: Mrs Harriet Yancey
Esmont va
Box 105
Postmark: Philadelphia 3, PA
SEP 22, 1947
10-30 PM

Sep 22 1947

Dear harriet

I received your letter and hope you are well I am not well at all You Say that ?Arthur? ?were? Sick how is Shee getting by now I am leaving the rail ?Road? New Year I will be home next Spring if [missing text] last I am Send all of my thing. Now I am sending ?Wilson? 6 [missing text] Barrel ?home? [missing text] now if ?arthur? to sick to go up to the ?house? for ?Wilson? put

(page 2)

?them? tell him to gave you [missing text] the key So you open it for her & you to go in all the [missing text] tell me is the house-dry or [missing text] leaking or Not did you Say the you will be home this November if so I will send [missing text] you Some thing be for long. this just a short letter ?things? are bad all over

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I has a lott to tell you latter one writ an tell me all the new writ Soon ?all? and tell me all the new at home

Good by

from you coison
?Hary? Shelton

tell me just how the home look in side

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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