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My dearest darling Girl,

Are you not the happiest thing that ever was.  I am so delighted to have a nephew + Will must be very pleased with a son.  Give the darling a big kiss from his Aunt Ruthie who loves him already + get Mother to tell me all about him.  The basket was the right color after all.

Mind you get strong + well + have a good rest.

All the love + blessing possible rest on you + the dear Baby.

Your sister,

Ruth
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There is no date on the letter.  I think it was probably tucked into the envelope with the letter from Ruth's and Kathleen's father:
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​get Mother to tell me all about him.
That's nice of Ruthie, not asking Kathleen to do the writing.

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​The basket was the right color after all.
Apparently Ruthie chose a basket of a gender-associated color.  I googled briefly, and didn't get a satisfactory answer as to what that color would have been in 1917.  Anyway, it sounds as though Ruthie was hoping for a boy.
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