Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - June 4, 1924

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - June 4, 1924

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

1924-06-04

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

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Old Mission, Mich June 4th 1924

My Dear Miss Taft: - Received your dear letter & was glad to know you are well & best of all that you will be here soon. I always feel anxious to hear from you and when you don't write I fear you are ill.

The frost did not injure the seeding but Jos. will have to order 5 bales of hay in order to get through.

He will try to get the new land plowed this week. Most everyone is just planting even now but ours is up. The Ohemes look beautiful just in full bloom now. A few trees in the hollow have a few frozen buds but not enough to ammount to any thing.

Well I am in a dreadful hurry. I have got to be in Traverse City at the hospital by 9 o'clock this morning. Gertrude has got to have another operation. We don't know how she will even stand it because she is so week & run down. The doctors found pus in her abdonmen yesterday & don't know where it comes from. Of course she is in the __ __ too & that only makes it worse for her. You don't know how I dread this day. But must go as poor Freeman can just walk a little now. And he looks just dreadful bad. I hope for the best.

Well good bye dear Miss Taft & I hope you will be here with us all soon. I will feel better after I have a good visit with you. I have $15.75 here from corn.

Yours Essie Kitchens

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