SERIES 1: ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE
\nFolder 46.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 January-June 1921.\u00a0 39 items.<\/b><\/p>\n
January 2.\u00a0 \u201cI wish you could be here in this dear, cozy little sitting-room!\u201d<\/p>\n
January 5.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m the thankfullest\u00a0person, my darlings, to be at home tonight!\u201d<\/p>\n
Tuesday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Two\u2014Court is holding session by night as well as by day…\u201d<\/p>\n
Fragment.\u00a0 \u201cWinnes guilty\u2014& showed how no negroe could have done the crime…\u201d<\/p>\n
Jan. 17. [Arabella: J 18, 1921] \u201cDear precious two\u2014It\u2019s so lovely<\/span> to have you two…\u201d<\/p>\n Friday. [Arabella: Jan 21, 1921] \u201cDearest Two\u2014Here I am, in Pineville<\/span>!\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother & Helen\u2014Can you imagine what it is like to still be in Harlan?\u201d<\/p>\n Fragment:\u00a0 \u201cother people?\u00a0 Park Church ladies sent $25…\u201d<\/p>\n Fragment. \u201cborn Monday morning, Jan. 31.\u00a0 She is a precious baby, & he adored<\/span> her…\u201d<\/p>\n Valentines\u2019 Day.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDearest Helen\u2014It\u2019s great news that Mother is better…\u201d<\/p>\n Postmarked Pine Mountain Feb 18 AM 1921 addressed to Miss Helen Bray de Long\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 150 West Main Street New Britain Connecticut. January 17, 1921.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Helen\u2014Can it really be possible that you will be 34 years old…\u201d<\/p>\n February 23. \u201cDearest Two\u2014I\u2019m just wishing tonight that you could see Berto!\u201d<\/p>\n Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Two\u2014Somebody came, last night, just as I wa addressing your letter…\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMy dears\u2014Did I ever thank you for the valentine…\u201d<\/p>\n March 4. \u201cAnd inauguration means nothing to us<\/span>, who have electric lights all over…\u201d<\/p>\n Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 7 AM 1921. March 6.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Two\u2014And you are back in New Britain, with Helen more or less…\u201d<\/p>\n Tues. Mar. 8.\u00a0 \u201cMy dears\u2014I must send you a line to let you know that Aunt Sis will probably pull through…\u201d<\/p>\n Fragment.\u00a0 \u201cSitting on my lap, just before supper, Berto espied the ink pot & pen…\u201d<\/p>\n Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 14 AM 1921. Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Two\u2014Such a bright, peaceful afternoon it is..!\u201d<\/p>\n Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 21 AM 1921.\u00a0 Mar. 20.\u00a0 \u201cThink of it, two whole days have gone by since Berto\u2019s birthday, & you\u2019ve not had a line!\u201d<\/p>\n Wednesday P.M.\u00a0 \u201cWe three, & Evelyn, took supper with the Deschamps tonight…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Evening of Easter.\u00a0 \u201cMy dears Berto is just laid in his crib\u2014sweetheart that he is.\u201d [March 27]<\/p>\n Wednesday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Two\u2014No letters from home tonight\u2014a real disappointment.\u201d<\/p>\n Monday.\u00a0 \u201cMy dears\u2014A combination of a bad cold & many visitors yesterday….\u201d<\/p>\n Monday.\u00a0 \u201cSuch a busy wedding anniversay that I never got time for a line.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDearest Helen\u2014I was so happy to get your Sunday letter just now…\u201d<\/p>\n April 17.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t know when I\u2019ve had such a peaceful day as this!\u201d<\/p>\n Thurs. & Friday [Helen: 1921] \u201cMy dears\u2013I\u2019m thankful your vacation has begun…\u201d<\/p>\n Monday 10.30 P.M.\u00a0 \u201cMy dears\u2014\u2019Stead of writing you yesterday I took a nap!\u201d<\/p>\n May 11.\u00a0 [yesterday Berto, Fido, Harry, Nell, & I went to the Med. Set…\u201d<\/p>\n Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Arab You got the telegram from Leon because they went out early…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Night.\u00a0 \u201cWell\u2014we had a picnic up by the reservoir tonight, Deschamps, Manees…\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday.\u00a0 \u201cWell, me dears, only a bit more than 6 weeks before you arrive!\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cWell, Berto\u00a0& I have just been surveyng our plantation…\u201d [end missing]<\/p>\n Monday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Ladies\u2014I could not write you last night for we had a combination supper party with the Manees\u2019, K. Wright, & Bill Browning & they didn\u2019t go till nearly 11.\u201d<\/p>\n Memorial Day. \u201cMay 30\u2014And I\u2019m wondering\u00a0 if there are still a few old, old Civil War….\u201d<\/p>\n Fragment.\u00a0 \u201cSweet william, iris, laurel, purple rhododendron…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cAnd what do you s\u2019pose?\u00a0 Antoinette will be next Sunday!\u201d [sic<\/i>]<\/p>\n Thursday.\u00a0 \u201cCleaning the sitting room & fixing it for Antoinette all day today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SERIES 1: ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE Folder 46.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 January-June 1921.\u00a0 39 items. January 2.\u00a0 \u201cI wish you could be here in this dear, cozy little sitting-room!\u201d January 5.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m the thankfullest\u00a0person, my darlings, to be at home tonight!\u201d Tuesday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Two\u2014Court is holding session by night as well as by day…\u201d Fragment.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":46,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7946","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n