Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

Harriet Anna Yancey to May Elizabeth Yancey, Undated

Community life | Health, illness and death | Home/Farm life | Place--Arkansas | Place--North Carolina | Work and employment

Harriet Yancey discusses the new stove with her daughter, May. She warns May to be careful and burn her letters.

Thursday
6.35 A.M.

My dearest daughter

Your lovely letter received Mother surely feel better now that you are a little settle because Lorena has nearly worried me out but God will surely provide if

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you trust him so glad your cold better take medisine and if it help let me know & I will send another Bottle before that get out I am very well. Clinton is not back yet. I was at Mt Olive to Anniversary last night saw Cousin Clara Mary &

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Pearl drop P. a line when you get time she is not feeling so well Virginia is not working & not in School too bad places are hard to get for young girls Jean is not working either. Now May dear Mother wrote Yesterday to Mrs Payne to send you up a stove & send me the bill because

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by time I pay freight & you pay for certinly it will be more so you must be very careful with Never leave it burning when you are out or even down stairs [missing text] unless some one be there beacause they are apt to run up Never to bed to bed at night & leave it burning. get up early

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5

give my love to the Children I know Edith is happy becaus she bug me all the time I was home to tell you stay home and she wanted to stay with you and I know the two can keep your company it is nice of Mary to let Madeline stay with you I am

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glad your lovey dovey think well of me I hav,nt heard any more frm him said he was coming up- but he is a slow coach thru Arkansas you know ha! ha! love to him well of all things to think of Miss H. being with Helen look out that North Carolinaen

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May take up his led & walk burn my letters & be careful with yours. children are Full of curiosity try to get Howard Nelson address frm Aunt Willie or Eliza is Maggie home yet? hope the sick folks better now must close & get Breakfast love to

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all I will will write Miss Ella soon did Mrs Pryor finish her house you better spread the those covers over the furniture during wk then you want have to dust it

hastily but lovingly
Mother

and light it and get back to bed till room get warm. you dont have to pay me for the stove.

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Source copy consulted: Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family (MSS 11599), Alderman Library, University of Virginia

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