Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

Jesse Brown to Harriet Anna Yancey, April 28, 1924

Family | Health, illness and death | Work and employment

Jesse Brown shares his fears over the dangers of his job with his cousin, Harriet Yancey.

To: Mrs Harriet a Yancey
916 Grant Ave
Plainfield
New Jersey
N.J.
Postmark: Sparrows Point, MD
APR [missing text]
12 30 PM Added Writing on Envelope: assorted numbers

Apri. 28/24

My Dearest loving Cousin

how are you at this time this leave me well as usual Receive your nice little letter was glad to hear from you

Cousin you must Please excuse this short letter also Bad writin I am awful nervis at this Present time for while we were Riggin a Scaffol arround amp; smoke stack

(page 2)

picture of an arrow

that goes two hundred feet In the air one of the Riggers slip an fell all the way to Bottom & on the In side it was fine In he had Cooked well done Before we could get to him it made me a little shakey Because I were up there two so something tell me that I am tired of this Riggin Business got do something else I am goin to write that Boy I want to send you a Box Barrel Bag sack or something when you get home I will ask for his

(page 3)

measure so I can send him some clothes as I mean Right By him so I wish to prove it Before I Croak Who did osia latch on to this time she Better send me some money here how do She exspect for me to live she knows that I am a very Delicate Child an cant work much I weigh one hundred an eighty five foot six of course you know I always was a yellow child so now I name myself high yallow or snow Ball I will send my Photo soon as I get able to have some taken

(page 4)

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I will write you a long note next time as Ive got to go now my time is getting short my Pen is no good I am no good so I must close for this time only

May the heaven light shine on you now an forever

Respectfully
Your old Jesse

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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