Letter from Fred & Mabel to Will & Kathleen: 4/22/1917
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A letter from Fred and Mabel Stokey (especially Mabel) in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, to Will and Kathleen Stokey in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the birth of Billy.
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The letter says it's from Fred and Mabel, but of course it's Mabel who wrote it.
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Dear Will + Kathleen,
The grand good news reached us last evening, and words just can’t tell you how happy we are for you. We are proud to have as a nephew a little Patriot - you know last Thurs. Apr 19 is a holiday in Mass. - Patriots Day.
Alma was over today and we had quite a jubilation. Now we wonder what his name is to be. I have heard him called Billy on several occasions.
You are probably too absorbed in the little son - so I will not burden you further.
With heartiest congratulations
Fred + Mabel
The grand good news reached us last evening, and words just can’t tell you how happy we are for you. We are proud to have as a nephew a little Patriot - you know last Thurs. Apr 19 is a holiday in Mass. - Patriots Day.
Alma was over today and we had quite a jubilation. Now we wonder what his name is to be. I have heard him called Billy on several occasions.
You are probably too absorbed in the little son - so I will not burden you further.
With heartiest congratulations
Fred + Mabel
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This is the last letter that we have from Mabel. There's no mention of her health, although she died just two weeks later. If she had already started the final decline, she was too nice to mention her health in a happy letter like this.
And was she thinking to herself, "I'll never have a child"?
And was she thinking to herself, "I'll never have a child"?
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- FRED: DOCUMENTS ----- Outgoing
- KATHLEEN: DOCUMENTS ----- Incoming
- MABEL: DOCUMENTS ----- Outgoing
- THE NEXT GENERATION: DOCUMENTS ----- Billy
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