Letter from Alma to Kathleen: 4/22/1917
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A letter from Alma, in South Hadley, Massachusetts, to her sister-in-law Kathleen, in Cincinnati Ohio, on the birth of Billy.
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South Hadley, April 22nd
Dear Kathleen,
Hurrah for Billy! Is that his name? He is a nephew after my own heart, following my good example. I hope that he will appreciate being born on Patriot’s Day as much as I do having been born on Bunker Hill Day. His birthday is a holiday in Massachusetts. He is somewhat ahead of me, for mine is a holiday only in Boston.
I have just made initials on two little towels for him and I hope to send them soon.
I wish I could see Margaret with her little brother. I am sorry that I have to miss that.
We are having a glorious spring day today - the warmest day of the season. We gathered our first wild flowers last week.
With congratulations and much love,
Alma
Dear Kathleen,
Hurrah for Billy! Is that his name? He is a nephew after my own heart, following my good example. I hope that he will appreciate being born on Patriot’s Day as much as I do having been born on Bunker Hill Day. His birthday is a holiday in Massachusetts. He is somewhat ahead of me, for mine is a holiday only in Boston.
I have just made initials on two little towels for him and I hope to send them soon.
I wish I could see Margaret with her little brother. I am sorry that I have to miss that.
We are having a glorious spring day today - the warmest day of the season. We gathered our first wild flowers last week.
With congratulations and much love,
Alma
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1.
Hurrah for Billy! Is that his name? He is a nephew after my own heart, following my good example. I hope that he will appreciate being born on Patriot’s Day as much as I do having been born on Bunker Hill Day. His birthday is a holiday in Massachusetts. He is somewhat ahead of me, for mine is a holiday only in Boston.
We always knew in my nuclear family that Aunt Alma's birthday was on Bunker Hill Day. (My mother was pleased, when she married my father, that she now had a way of remembering which was Flag Day - June 14 - and which was Bunker Hill Day - June 17.) But it wasn't until I started working on these letters that I pegged Uncle Bill's birthday to Patriots Day.
2.
I have just made initials on two little towels for him and I hope to send them soon.
What initials did she use? WS? At that point they had barely settled on a first name, let alone the middle name, which ended up being Farmer for his maternal grandfather rather than Provines to make him a Junior.
Embroidering initials into towels and handkerchiefs was a standard thing to do back then. I never learned how.
Hurrah for Billy! Is that his name? He is a nephew after my own heart, following my good example. I hope that he will appreciate being born on Patriot’s Day as much as I do having been born on Bunker Hill Day. His birthday is a holiday in Massachusetts. He is somewhat ahead of me, for mine is a holiday only in Boston.
We always knew in my nuclear family that Aunt Alma's birthday was on Bunker Hill Day. (My mother was pleased, when she married my father, that she now had a way of remembering which was Flag Day - June 14 - and which was Bunker Hill Day - June 17.) But it wasn't until I started working on these letters that I pegged Uncle Bill's birthday to Patriots Day.
2.
I have just made initials on two little towels for him and I hope to send them soon.
What initials did she use? WS? At that point they had barely settled on a first name, let alone the middle name, which ended up being Farmer for his maternal grandfather rather than Provines to make him a Junior.
Embroidering initials into towels and handkerchiefs was a standard thing to do back then. I never learned how.
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