Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

Harriet Anna Yancey to May Elizabeth Yancey, April, 1929

Clothing and fashion | Entertainment | Health, illness and death | Home/Farm life | Place--Charlottesville, VA | Place--New Jersey

Harriet Yancey writes May, her daughter, about various friends and relatives. She instructs May to burn her letters.

Mrs. Harriet A. Yancey
972 Woodland Avenue
Plainfield, New Jersey

Apr. 1929

Dear Daughter

I wrote you a note yesterday Enclosing $1.00 to you for the dresses you paid for so I am writing so as to go down town tomorrow if I can & send you the $10,00 ten dollars

(page 2)

you ask for of course it has been quite hard having to buy every thing that is one reason I did not see my way clear to stay home this winter as much as I wanted to do so however the Lord will provide besure and bring my receipts of Furniture

(page 3)

that [missing text] sent home be careful of your letters also what you get frm D best to burn them dont bring a great bundle of letters burn them up be careful in going to Ch'ville not to catch cold. I sent you med Mon Wed see I can only get it at the Plainfield Ave #4 St drug store is Why I was long sending

(page 4)

it hope you get it all ok well I am glad every thing has work out nicely so far- Cousin Fannie has given out notion coming I think. Bee to me we went to see Nancy last Sunday, she send love to you, well the Ladies had a Pageant Last night at high School I was ask to take part but I did not care too so I help them dress

(page 5)

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it was very good style from 1880 on down to present and then they had two advance styles 1940. Helen Burten & Lyla so a man said he hope he would be dead before that style really come ha! ha! Mrs Hall & M send love also Clinton Pearl & all send love I sent Virginia a card & a nice Handkerchief so I got. she get it all ok well your time is short now

(page 6)

has Miss Ella Come love to all is Ella Scott home I think I send her a little pkg. how is Mrs Ford oh I am so sleepy did not get in last night untill 1 oclock], so must close

Lovingly
your Mother

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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