Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

Roger McKinley Yancey to Harriet Anna Yancey, April 21, 1920

Education--school-related activities | Military | Place--New Jersey | Place--Virginia, other | Politics and political activity

Roger Yancey tells his mother, Harriet, about rifle practice at school and plans to leave Virginia for the summer.

To: Mrs. Harriet A. Yancey
#171 Warren Avenue,
Esmont,
Virginia
Albemarle County.
From: R. M. Yancey.
Hampton Institute,
Hampton, Virginia.
Postscript: [missing text]
APR[missing text]

April 21, 1920.

My dear Mother,

Your letter was rec. and was very glad to hear from you. I bought my summer underwear and paid mus cash for it.

Mother I went down the range Saturday and had a chance to shoot and that gun kicks a little bit but I missed the target 3 times and hit it twice but it was the cause of the gun shooting high.

The Trade School will have

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an exhibit Saturday night at 7:45 Wish you could be here. It is just like spring time here now because the leaves are green and everything is verdant. Mother I wonder If I could get a job in N.J. sometimes I think I want to go out of the state of Va. this summer. How are May and Benny and Nora Tell May I have a nother girl now and I will tell her- her name as soon as I write again. schools closes on the 26th of May.

Everybody is preparing for Anniversary to be held here next week

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April 29, 30, Ex-president Taft is one of the speakers on the occasion I am now in music class and the teacher and pupils are singing "Auld Lang Syne" but, I am writing home. ha, ha, How is Mr. Winfrey and all other people around about.

I received a little box from Miss Mary Cary Jenkins Monday.

Give my love to all neighbors and write soon.

With love From your loving Son
Roger.

Pray for me.

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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