SERIES I:\u00a0 ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE
\nFolder 34.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 January-April 1917.\u00a0 19 items.<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cDearest Helen\u2014Did I ever tell you how I love<\/span> my Xmas cards?\u201d<\/p>\n Friday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014I\u2019m trying to think of \u2018minute instructions\u2019 to send you!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Mother. it\u2019s all I can do not to go on with the babies.\u201d<\/p>\n Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cHow grieved I am at darling mother\u2019s attack of gastritis.\u201d [January 13, 1917]<\/p>\n Postmarked New York, Grand Central Station, January 20, 1917.\u00a0 Sat.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am so glad you are rather better.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s Sunday noon, deaest, & I am at the Thorps.\u201d<\/p>\n On train to Lexington\u2014Friday. \u201cHelen, my dearest\u2014How incredible it is that I am actually on my way back to Ky. & without having seen very much of my little sister!\u201d [February 2, 1917]<\/p>\n Wed.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014I have a good fire burning in my grate, my babes are asleep…\u201d [February 7, 1917]<\/p>\n February 14, 1917.\u00a0 \u201cMy dear Helen Bray deLong:\u00a0 I really love these hills best….\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Mother\u2014Sunday afternoon\u2014such a one as comes only in Ky!\u201d [February 18, 1917]<\/p>\n \u201cHelen, my dear\u2014this is to be a birthday letter on yr. arriving at 30 years of age.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Mother\u2014This is Saturday morning & I shall send this letter over the mt. by Erica Thorp…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHelen my dear\u2014It is always lovely to hear from you and how good you\u2019ve been to me lately in the matter of letters.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Mother\u2014You do write the bestest letters!\u00a0 Every one of your \u2018mere scraps of paper\u2019 is so readable…\u201d<\/p>\n [Arabella: March 21\u201417] \u201cDearest Mother,\u2014I am having a quiet hour in front of the fire while the family are at supper.\u201d<\/p>\n [Arabella: March 21st] \u201cI have just had E. Wells send a card about the stockings for fear I might not mention their coming promptly!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Mother\u2014The Thorps are here, Mr. Zande has been sick, and I\u2019ve postponed wrting till I\u2019m ashamed!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Helen,\u2014And this is the week of your \u201ctour\u201d as it were!\u201d\u00a0 [April 1, 1917]<\/p>\n Monday.\u00a0 \u201cDear Ladies-who-stayed-at-home!\u00a0 Helen\u2019s week of vacation is just beginning…\u201d [April 2, 1917]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SERIES I:\u00a0 ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE Folder 34.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 January-April 1917.\u00a0 19 items. \u201cDearest Helen\u2014Did I ever tell you how I love my Xmas cards?\u201d Friday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014I\u2019m trying to think of \u2018minute instructions\u2019 to send you!\u201d \u201cDearest Mother. it\u2019s all I can do not to go on with the babies.\u201d Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cHow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7909","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n