Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

Roger McKinley Yancey to May Elizabeth Yancey, May 1, 1921

Education--other | Gifts and money | Place--Danville, VA | Place--Hampton, VA | Place--New Jersey | Place--Pennsylvania

Roger Yancey writes his sister, May, to discuss his and her summer plans.

To: Miss May E. Yancey
V.N. and I.I.
Ettrick
Virginia.
From: 223 P. H.
Hampton Inst,
Va,
Postmark: Hampton, VA
Hampton Inst.
May 2, 1921
8 AM

May 1, 1921

My dear Sister,

I guess you think I am not going to answer m your letter but I started it once and did not have time to finish it. I am well and getting along very well, how are you getting on in school now. I know you will be some glad when school closes. Our school closes the last of this month and I shall have to stay here this summer but my wife is going to her home first (Danville Va) and then she will live with her sister in Phila. during the summer months. Are you planning to go back to New Jersey this summer? It is very cool here today

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and it is the first of May to Last night I went to the band social and I had some fine time with my girl, I will send you a photo of her sometime soon.

I am sorry Jesse was disappointed because I did not give her a photo, but you know I could not afford to give her one and did not knew her any better than I did however I hope she will answer my letter. How is Alta? Is she going home too? Well give my love to all of the girls, write and tell me all the news, I am writing home also. Say May I shall need 5 dollars the middle of theis month or last I wonder if you could get any from some where I will write again this wk

Yours
Roger

I am expecting to go to the dance.

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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