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Title
Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - March 26, 1914
Subject
Old Mission Peninsula (Mich.)
Agriculture
Farmers
Crops and climate
Description
Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired hands to run the farm in her absence. These farmers, and their families, lived on the farm and sent frequent written reports to Ms. Taft. Most letters are written by the farmer’s wives, and provide a record of both agricultural and social history.
Creator
Ralph Kitchen, Joseph Kitchen, Essie Kitchen, Max Gilmore, Hazel Gilmore
Source
Collection donated to Peninsula Community Library by the surviving members of the Taft family.
Publisher
Peninsula Community Library
Date
1914-03-26
Contributor
Mary T Morgan
Rights
This document is protected by copyright law. Contact the Peninsula Community Library for permission to reproduce, display, or transmit this document.
Relation
None
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Document
Identifier
LHC 010
Coverage
Traverse City, Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Scripto
Transcription
March 26, 1914 Miss Taft Miss Ingraham has not arrived yet Earnest got a letter from her a few days ago saying she would be here the second of April I got your letter today and it has rained most all day we hardly have two days alike the roads are awful poor any one can't haul a load over them at present. and as to temperature it is 28 above zero. The trimming is all done. That was 58 hours work. I got 10 bu. oats and 6 bu corn ground. I put the sleigh away up over the shop. I sold Mr. Haywood 8 bu. of Mrs. Stutsmans soft corn at 10 cents a bu. and he will pay her when she comes. I can't find any one that wants your cornstalks. Ralph Kitchen