Alice, Parnassus, Virginia, to Rebecca Byers?, 1893
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 4
- Scope and content:
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4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Alice complains of the freezing weather and pipes bursting; asks about a wedding she was unable to attend due to the poor weather; reports that the "comfort" has been pieced, but "lacks about 2 ½ yds. to join it with" before it can then be quilted; reports on the deaths and illnesses in the neighborhood; "hens are laying quite well" and mentions the good price turkeys are getting; mentions that she "saw a piece in the paper about your big dinner, and it gave it quite a puff"; asks about family and friends.
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