SERIES 1: ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE
\nFolder 58.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 January-June 1927.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 37 items.<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cWe just loved having you here\u2014Helen darling\u2014& think you made Christmas for us..\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Laden Jan 7 1927 Ky.\u00a0 Friday.\u00a0 \u201cDownstairs after supper tonight…\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Pine Mountain Jan 8 AM 1927.\u00a0 January 7\u00a0 3:00 P.M.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Family\u2014You\u2019ll be proud to know that I\u2019m up…\u201d<\/p>\n
Monday.\u00a0 \u201cDears\u2014Antoinette is still here\u2014will make two weeks of it…\u201d<\/p>\n
Louis. & Noton\u00a0Jan 30 1927 TR24\u00a0R.P.O.\u00a0 Harlan\u2014Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Nany [?] & Helen (So the telegran\u00a0was signed that came Friday night)…\u201d<\/p>\n
Feb. 7 \u201827.\u00a0 \u201cDearest family\u2014Crocuses in bloom off Far House terrace!\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Pine Mountain Feb 15 AN 1927.\u00a0 Valentine\u2019s Night.\u00a0 \u201cIt began\u2014this day\u2014with the children finding red satin-covered heart boxes full of heart candies\u2014by their pillows…\u201d<\/p>\n
February 16.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Helen\u2014A letter from Antoinette tonight sounds hopeful…\u201d<\/p>\n
Friday.\u00a0 \u201cDearests\u2014It\u2019s almost the eve of Helen\u2019s birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Laden Feb 25 1927 Ky.\u00a0 Friday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Arabella & Helen\u2014I am half expecting to see you next week…\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 2 AM 1927 Ky.\u00a0 Envelope addressed to Mrs. de Long, 908 Madison St., Wilmington, Delaware.\u00a0 Contains a blank Ruth and Naomi card.<\/p>\n
Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 3 AM 1927.\u00a0 Wed.\u00a0 \u201cDears\u2014Not a word from Dr. Pickett yet\u2014so I don\u2019t know when I\u2019ll see you.\u201d<\/p>\n
March 8.\u00a0 [To her aunt, Mary Van Winkle]\u00a0 \u201cOf course, old dear, this is a birthday letter to you\u2014who so slyly have been doing this perfectly astonishing thing\u2014living 75 years;\u2014and we\u2019ve never noticed it…\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Pine Mountain Mar 9 AM 1927.\u00a0 March 8.\u00a0 \u201cDearest folks\u2014Don\u2019t you think it\u2019s strange that I\u2019ve not had one word from Dr. Pickett to whom I\u2019ve written 2 letters?\u201d<\/p>\n
Tues. \u201cXray pictures reveal nothing wrong.\u00a0 Dearest Arabella\u2014What sort of a day have you had, my dear?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cDearests\u2014Berto & Brit * Nell met me this morning\u2014so I had all the news of the school before I got home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday Night.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Ladies\u2014I\u2019m wondering if this has been a good<\/span> day for you.\u201d<\/p>\n Monday.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Mother\u2014How grieved I am over yr. relapse!\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday.\u00a0 \u201cWell, dearests\u2014how much has Arab been up & dressed this week?<\/p>\n Sun. Eve.\u00a0 [Arabella: April 3]\u00a0 \u201cDears\u2014The end of a lovely day\u2014spring is bounding in…\u201d<\/p>\n April 5.\u00a0 \u201cHow lovely, dearests, that you had Bertha with you for the weekend!\u201d<\/p>\n Postmarked Pine Mountain Apr 8 7 AM 1927.\u00a0 Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cDearests\u2014Beautiful<\/span> days these.\u201d<\/p>\n Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cDearests\u2014Raw outside & the world growing prettier every minute.\u201d<\/p>\n Thurs.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Helen\u2014So glad for yr. letter!\u00a0 This is a very hurried note….\u201d<\/p>\n Monday.\u00a0 11:30 A.M.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Arabella\u2014I am discharged\u2014gee-oh\u2014how nice!\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday Evening.\u00a0 \u201cDearst Helen\u2014I\u2019ve just finished my supper, & want to tell you two or three things before I leave Cin.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Night.\u00a0 [Arabella: May 1, 1927]\u00a0 \u201cWell, dears, we\u2019ve been two reunited households this day, haven\u2019t we?\u201d<\/p>\n [Arabella:\u00a0 May 16\/27]\u00a0 \u201cElena\u2014just tucked in bed\u2014\u201dMudda, I whish I had a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n Postmarked Beaufort May 24 12M S.C.\u00a0 Monday A.M.\u00a0 \u201cDearest De Longs\u2014Kay, Sallie, & I have just been cold creaming & powdering our raw red faces.\u201d\u00a0 [Enclosure:\u00a0 Moonlight on the Bay postcard]<\/p>\n Thurs. 2:30 P.M.\u00a0 \u201cDearests, Arabella & Helen\u2014B.Z. is peacefully sleeping on the seat…\u201d<\/p>\n Wed.\u00a0 \u201cJust no<\/span> time for a letter tonight\u2014such busy days picking up threads & jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n Wed.\u00a0 \u201cCleaning the living room, dears!\u00a0 E. to Miss Jones who one night when I was away..\u201d<\/p>\n June 10.\u00a0 \u201cDearests, Arab & Helen\u2014L.Z. has just gone to stroll in the moonlight…\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cDearests\u2014I\u2019m so sorry for Aunt Mary\u2019s trouble\u2014and Aunt Ida\u2019s poor health.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Night.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Arabella & Helen\u2014Yr. letters were so lovely…\u201d<\/p>\n Thurs.\u00a0 [Arabella:\u00a0 June 24\/27] \u201cDearests\u2014A letter from Elena to you got returned…\u201d<\/p>\n Monday Night.\u00a0 [Arabella:\u00a0 June 28\/27]\u00a0 \u201cDearest Two\u2014What a glorious good time in Bethlehem!\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SERIES 1: ETHEL\u00a0MARGUERITE\u00a0DE LONG ZANDE Folder 58.\u00a0 Letters to her family.\u00a0 January-June 1927.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 37 items. \u201cWe just loved having you here\u2014Helen darling\u2014& think you made Christmas for us..\u201d Postmarked Laden Jan 7 1927 Ky.\u00a0 Friday.\u00a0 \u201cDownstairs after supper tonight…\u201d Postmarked Pine Mountain Jan 8 AM 1927.\u00a0 January 7\u00a0 3:00 P.M.\u00a0 \u201cDearest Family\u2014You\u2019ll be proud to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":58,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7970","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n