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Kathleen's father died at age 80 on September 1, 1933, and fifteen days later Kathleen is still with her nearly-83-year-old mother in Savannah, being a good daughter.
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Saturday.
Dear Will,
As yet I do not know when I shall get home. Mother does not seem to be willing to go to Atlanta. It has been very hot here and I wondered how she would get on in Atlanta where it has evidently been hot too. This house is much cooler than 334, Eighth St. + of course Mother can be more comfortable here than in Atlanta if it is hot. After seeing Ruth I am sure you will agree that she needed a change, even if it meant my staying on here. She writes now as if she would return almost any day, but I am hoping she will stay away a few days longer, in the meantime I shall just stay on here although I am sure I am needed in Atlanta and I certainly want to get home. About the car whatever you think right I will agree to. I realize that Margaret is anxious to know about it, but as I have said before I know nothing about the financial situation now, except that I cannot see how it can be very good, and there are those loans to be renewed. You see so many times I have resorted to Father when other things failed but that is all done with now. I have nothing here now but a very few dollars, which are really not mine at all. I am bringing back the deed for the deed for the Birch St. house. It occurs to me that Billy will be having a hard time betting started with Virgil and I should think Margaret could help him a little until I return.
I was relieved to hear the trunk had arrived.
I am now going down town. Of course I was very pleased to receive your letter on Thursday. How are the cats? I did not think you would consent to bringing them back.
Much love, K.
Dear Will,
As yet I do not know when I shall get home. Mother does not seem to be willing to go to Atlanta. It has been very hot here and I wondered how she would get on in Atlanta where it has evidently been hot too. This house is much cooler than 334, Eighth St. + of course Mother can be more comfortable here than in Atlanta if it is hot. After seeing Ruth I am sure you will agree that she needed a change, even if it meant my staying on here. She writes now as if she would return almost any day, but I am hoping she will stay away a few days longer, in the meantime I shall just stay on here although I am sure I am needed in Atlanta and I certainly want to get home. About the car whatever you think right I will agree to. I realize that Margaret is anxious to know about it, but as I have said before I know nothing about the financial situation now, except that I cannot see how it can be very good, and there are those loans to be renewed. You see so many times I have resorted to Father when other things failed but that is all done with now. I have nothing here now but a very few dollars, which are really not mine at all. I am bringing back the deed for the deed for the Birch St. house. It occurs to me that Billy will be having a hard time betting started with Virgil and I should think Margaret could help him a little until I return.
I was relieved to hear the trunk had arrived.
I am now going down town. Of course I was very pleased to receive your letter on Thursday. How are the cats? I did not think you would consent to bringing them back.
Much love, K.
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September 16, 1933 was a Saturday, so the Saturday in the letter matches the postmark.
After seeing Ruth I am sure you will agree that she needed a change, even if it meant my staying on here.
Apparently Kathleen's unmarried sister Ruth, having worked herself to a frazzle helping out in WJ's last illness, was able to get away for a rest while Kathleen stayed on in Savannah after her father's death. From the following letter, it sounds as though she went to stay with Will, Maggie, Billy, Kay, and Roger in Atlanta:
1933-09-22 LETTER FROM ANNIE FARMER TO MAGGIE, BILLY, KAY, & ROGER
I am so glad you and Aunt Ruthie have had some little time together.
About the car whatever you think right I will agree to. I realize that Margaret is anxious to know about it, but as I have said before I know nothing about the financial situation now, except that I cannot see how it can be very good, and there are those loans to be renewed.
This is sort of obscure to me at the moment. Maybe WJ bought a car on loan and the women - Annie, Ruth, and Kathleen - didn't drive. I believe my grandmother on my mother's side didn't get a driver's license until 1936, when she was 39, and I think my maternal grandmother was a bit more enterprising than Annie, Ruth, and Kathleen were.
You see so many times I have resorted to Father when other things failed but that is all done with now.
There's a letter from Kathleen's English school friend Margaret Jackson in which she says she remembers Kathleen's father as being always strong.
I am bringing back the deed for the deed for the Birch St. house.
Kathleen's very tired, obviously, writing "deed for the" twice. And what is the Birch Street house? The Savannah house was on East Bolton Street, and the current Atlanta house is on Eighth Street.
How are the cats? I did not think you would consent to bringing them back.
All I can figure from this is that there were cats at Bolton Street in Savannah that were too much trouble for Annie, Ruth, and Kathleen to deal with during WJ's illness, so Kathleen asked Will to bring them back to Atlanta with him after the funeral. Maybe I'll find out in some letter of Will's, since he liked to talk about cats.
After seeing Ruth I am sure you will agree that she needed a change, even if it meant my staying on here.
Apparently Kathleen's unmarried sister Ruth, having worked herself to a frazzle helping out in WJ's last illness, was able to get away for a rest while Kathleen stayed on in Savannah after her father's death. From the following letter, it sounds as though she went to stay with Will, Maggie, Billy, Kay, and Roger in Atlanta:
1933-09-22 LETTER FROM ANNIE FARMER TO MAGGIE, BILLY, KAY, & ROGER
I am so glad you and Aunt Ruthie have had some little time together.
About the car whatever you think right I will agree to. I realize that Margaret is anxious to know about it, but as I have said before I know nothing about the financial situation now, except that I cannot see how it can be very good, and there are those loans to be renewed.
This is sort of obscure to me at the moment. Maybe WJ bought a car on loan and the women - Annie, Ruth, and Kathleen - didn't drive. I believe my grandmother on my mother's side didn't get a driver's license until 1936, when she was 39, and I think my maternal grandmother was a bit more enterprising than Annie, Ruth, and Kathleen were.
You see so many times I have resorted to Father when other things failed but that is all done with now.
There's a letter from Kathleen's English school friend Margaret Jackson in which she says she remembers Kathleen's father as being always strong.
I am bringing back the deed for the deed for the Birch St. house.
Kathleen's very tired, obviously, writing "deed for the" twice. And what is the Birch Street house? The Savannah house was on East Bolton Street, and the current Atlanta house is on Eighth Street.
How are the cats? I did not think you would consent to bringing them back.
All I can figure from this is that there were cats at Bolton Street in Savannah that were too much trouble for Annie, Ruth, and Kathleen to deal with during WJ's illness, so Kathleen asked Will to bring them back to Atlanta with him after the funeral. Maybe I'll find out in some letter of Will's, since he liked to talk about cats.
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