{"id":7800,"date":"2014-03-13T13:15:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T17:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitright.pmss.net\/?page_id=7800"},"modified":"2014-03-16T16:00:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T20:00:23","slug":"de-long-zande-papers-folder-29-letters-to-her-family-august-december-1914","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=7800","title":{"rendered":"de LONG &#8211; ZANDE PAPERS: Series I &#8211; Folder 29.  Letters to her family.  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P.M. \u201cHow <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fine<\/span> is Dr. Dobey\u2019s news!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rain is coming down so fast &amp; I am not getting my coveted trip!\u201d\u00a0 [Beginning is missing]<\/p>\n<p>Wed. Sept. 16. [at end] \u201cDearest Mother\u2014The fairest afternoon that ever was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 19, 1914. [at end] \u201cSaturday and nearly bedtime!\u00a0 The kittens asleep on the foot of my bed&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 25. [at end]\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother,\u2014I am so eager to hear from you\u2014to know about father&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dearest lady\u2014It is Monday night,\u2014ten o\u2019clock\u2014&amp; I\u2019ve just sealed the letters&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 30, 1914.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve just put Polly Anna into a basket, by the fire&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>October 21.\u00a0 \u201cJust think of it, dearest Mother and Helen, Bobby has caught a mouse!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friday.\u00a0 \u201cdarling Mother &amp; Helen\u2014Greetings to you in the new house&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wed.\u00a0 \u201cLove &amp; love to you &amp; so many thanks for my hymnal with the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">right<\/span> tune.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monday. [Helen: 1914]\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014I can hardly wait to plant the bulbs you sent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dearest\u2014I\u2019m <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so<\/span> glad you\u2019re better and aim to get well for Helen&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday.\u00a0 \u201cMy dearest two\u2014This is a Robinson Crusoe kind of life&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monday Night.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother &amp; Helen\u2014The housekeeper came today\u2014praise the Lord!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust think of yr. daughter up and writing letters at 5.20!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monday.\u00a0 \u201cPolly Anna and Bobby had some of your plum pudding, if you please!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thursday. \u201cDearest Two Ladies\u2014It seems superfluous to write, for am I not near to New England&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Helen: 1914]\u00a0 \u201cDearest Lady,\u2014Helen has left you\u2014I hope\u2014and I shall see her&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDearest of dear ladies\u2014When the little boys and I go around singing \u201cGod rest you, merry gentlemen\u201d I shall be wishing you could hear it&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy precious lady, You letter was like yourself\u2014very wonderful,\u2014but how grieved we are&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SERIES I: ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE Folder 29.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 August-December 1914.\u00a0 25 items. \u201cDearest Mother\u2014If you could have seen Polly Anna &amp; Bobbie both asleep&#8230;\u201d \u201cDearest Mother\u2014Both kittens are asleep in my lap\u2014&amp; I\u2019ve just finished signing&#8230;\u201d \u201cMy dear\u2014if you are well over the sad effects of rabbit, &amp; peaches.\u201d \u201cMy dear\u2014these kittens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":29,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7800","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.1.2 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>de LONG - ZANDE PAPERS: Series I - Folder 29. 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