Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

William L. Eason to May Elizabeth Yancey, March 6, 1928

Family | Holidays, birthdays and celebrations | Place--Richmond, VA | Romantic relationships

William discusses his Easter plans with May Yancey.

To: Miss. May E. Yancey.
Esmont Virginia.
Postmark: Elizabeth, N.J.
MAR 5, 1928
6 30 PM

March 6, 1928

Dearest Baby,

your sweet little letter was recived and how I enjoyed reading it, Sweet heart we must mean a great deal to each other before I recevid your letter I dreamed all the time of you, it seemed as we were to gether Thursday night, all night long my thoughts was of you what has happened to you? I hope that you are getting along fine, I heard that an excursion was coming down there Easter, Saturday, I don't know if it's true or not but I am going to find out. Oh! how happy I would be if I could only be with you on that day I have promised to go to Richmond Easter but if an

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excursion come down there then I will try an come down there instead wouldn't that be lovely for me to have you for an Easter present, Then we could take a long, long, stroll to gether and love & how we would because that is one part of life which you crave when you are with me. Sweetheart things seems different when you are away no one to love, but when you are near things seem to come my way if it was only possiable for me to see you once a week then I would be happy.

The only thing I can do is to sit and dream of the times we had to gether, but let's hope that they will come back again, I found your ring again, Every one is well but me. When does your school close?

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Sweetheart there is somthing about you my family likes, they are alway talking about you & what a good girl you are my mother was saying last night that if I didn't marry you, that "she didn't wont any one else for a daughter in Law" what do you think of that? We are always discussing about you.

They talk because they know I love you dearly and no one mean as much to me as you, your letter I read about five times already. Sweet heart dear you can not say I haven't written you along letter.

yours always,
William

This stationary won't quit. Ha. Ha.

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The following numbers are scribbled on page five :

656
055
434
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?1145?

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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