Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

Benjamin Franklin Yancey, Jr. to Harriet Anna Yancey, March 24, 1924

Education--studying | Home/Farm life | Place--Lynchburg, VA

Benjamin Franklin Yancey, Jr. tells his mother, Harriet, about his preparations for examinations.

FILII Ethopiae Club
Virginia Theological Seminary and College
Lynchburg, Virginia
Prof. T.M. Crowder, Faculty Advisor
J. Oscar Jones, President
T. Henry Madison, Secretary
C. Fred Berrien, Sergeant-at-Arms
M. Fred Mitchell, Treasurer
H. Joseph Lawson, Business Manager
T. William Horton, Chaplain

To: Mrs Harriet A. Yancey
916 Grant Ave.,
Plainfield
New Jersey
From: FILII Ethopiae Club
Virginia Theological Seminary and College
Lynchburg, Virginia
Postmark: Lynchburg, VA
MAY 24, 1924
11 AM

March 24 1924

Mr dear Mother

I rec., your letter this morning and was Very glad to hear from you and to know that you are getting along nicely.

Mother we have been busey this week working trying to get ready for examinations next week which I am hoping to Pass in every thing.

Are you going to send the amont of money that you say you Were going to send- If you can send it because I want to get Some of my cloth and a few thing stait- before leaving. don't hurry about sending it before the last of the week. I will close.

from your loving son
B.F.Y.

I will drop Mess Jenkins a card to day.

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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