Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - February 27, 1933

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - February 27, 1933

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

1933-02-27

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

To Miss Taft

Are weather has settled down to sunshine day's again. which we are glad to have.

We cashed your check at Henry's Lardie the day before the banks closed. So am send it back as thay would not cash it. So thay said to date it after the bank holiday.

We all have cold's. But are feeling better know. Queen had a stomach last week one nite but came out all right after two dose's of colic medicine.

The road are terrible ruff. There isent much new's thing's pretty quite and pretty hard up.

Max is waiting to take this to mail so will close.

Sincerly Max & Family

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