Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

William L. Eason to May Elizabeth Yancey, September 27, 1926

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In his letter, William Eason evaluates his and May Yancey's relationship. He hopes that they will always be friends.

To: Miss May E. Yancey
816 Third Place
Plainfield, New Jersey,
From: From
William Eason
216 Spring St.
Elizabeth, N.J.
Postmark: Elizabeth, N.J.
SEP 28, 1926
4 PM

September 27, 1926

My Dear May,

Your most beloved letter was recived to day and I was very glad to hear from you. I enjoyed reading your interesting letter and it brought back old memories. I thinks of you night and day; you are my thoughts but you have changed a great deal, you are not the girl whom I met a few years back. Yes, I really think we we were meant for each other, at least it seem that way; as we have gone to-gether for such a long time.

You are a wonderful girl and I admire you. I admit I care more for you than I have ever cared for any one. Dear you are easily persuaded not by your own mind but by some one else I have proven to you that I love you. There is nothing more for

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me to do. You could make me happy always so far you have always made me happy. Why not always Sweet heart why shouldn't I be satisfied with you, you have proven to me that you care; then why does you think I don't care? I am puzzled at your action or because you have changed considerably

I have never treat you cool not as I know any thing about it. No, you havent shown me any too well that you were in love with me a great deal more than I have shown toward you. We havent played the game and lost. We have played on the base of fifty fifty. We havent lost the score is tied. There will never be forgotten memories not in my estimation.

You will alway be remembered by me as a friend always. I thought seriously about the matter and we bought both have faults Yes, true love runs smooth.

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you are the only girl whom my mother care for me to go with yet she has never seen you but she cares as much for you as I do and you know how much I cares for you. How can I forget you when she can't because each day & night she ask about you.

If you had wanted to for get you would of beg pardon for all of those unpleasant things you said that Saturday night but didnt. It makes me think you meant what you said & are too mean to give in.

You will see me again I hope in life; always didn't mean it in that way that I wouldn't never come up again; but at that particular time I didn't know when I was coming up again.

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I am fighting over Newark Sat. night in the amateur bout. I have to go training to night I am in a hurry

Sincerely yours.
Bill

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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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