Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - March 2, 1931

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - March 2, 1931

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

1931-03-02

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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Transcription

Old Mission March 2nd 1931

My dear Miss. Taft:

Received the package and thanks many times as that will be lots of help to me. Joseph scolds and says I always find something to keep myself busy.

It is considerable colder and snowing tonight first buds are fina so far. Will soon mail you some. Then you can have Michigan cherry blossoms on your table. Thanks for cherry news you sent me.

The Christopher's have talked with Geo. Lardie and they feel quite certain he will pay another 1/2 cent. For myself I can't say much about it.

We have a 1929 Chev. coach and like it real well it gives a a way to get about without throubling the neighbors so much. We got it in Grand Rapids very reeasonable all used cars are very high in Traverse.

Well I have another job. The Mrs. Christopher that cooked hot lunches for our school scalded her foot. So the school board hired me to cook for a month. It means lots of extra work for me but the money looked too good to turn down. Roger takes me back + forth so it won't be so bad as the roads are nearly all bare.

I'm going to sew carpet rags in between times as well as do my other work. I hung my washing out just as it was getting dark. had about children to feed.

Love, Essie K.

P.S. Hazel forgot to mail this so will tell you it is still snowing looks + feels like real winter outside. Thanks for razor blades they will help alot.

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