Hi Zach, I re-typed this letter but missing some words...can anyone help? Also ask Lu how this guy is related to us....Is his grandma Kelsey in the painting? Dearest Grandma, I am going to the post office this afternoon so I thought I would write you a short letter to let you know that I am as rosy as a wagon horse in a barley patch. It rained here all day yesterday and was rather gloomy, but today it shows signs of clearing. Nothing happened on the way out to amount to anything. After we got in the mountains we had to stop overnight in a ………. The beds, however, were so uncomfortable that the driver and myself went out and slept in the hayloft. We preferred the mosquitoes to the inhabitants of the beds. Give my love to Aunt Lade and tell her I will write to her before a great while. Also tell that man Andrews not to get in to broad a way with his new ….. as he will turn into a street car. We are all very well here and almost as lively as the mosquitoes. I have no more time now so I shall ………… With lodes of love your ever affectionate grandson Henry D. Whiten
Hello and welcome to the Devereux Family Blog. This blog will serve as a online collection of the Devereux Family (and their associates) letters. Over the next few months I will be scanning and transcribing these letters. The hope is to get people within the family involved and to make the most of my time in a season of relative unemployment. These letters are absolutely beautiful and in amazing condition and they should be able to be viewed by everyone.
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Hi Zach, I re-typed this letter but missing some words...can anyone help? Also ask Lu how this guy is related to us....Is his grandma Kelsey in the painting?
ReplyDeleteDearest Grandma,
I am going to the post office this afternoon so I thought I would write you a short letter to let you know that I am as rosy as a wagon horse in a barley patch. It rained here all day yesterday and was rather gloomy, but today it shows signs of clearing. Nothing happened on the way out to amount to anything. After we got in the mountains we had to stop overnight in a ………. The beds, however, were so uncomfortable that the driver and myself went out and slept in the hayloft. We preferred the mosquitoes to the inhabitants of the beds. Give my love to Aunt Lade and tell her I will write to her before a great while. Also tell that man Andrews not to get in to broad a way with his new ….. as he will turn into a street car. We are all very well here and almost as lively as the mosquitoes. I have no more time now so I shall ………… With lodes of love your ever affectionate grandson Henry D. Whiten