Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - July 2, 1933

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - July 2, 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

1933-07-02

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

Scripto

Transcription

To Miss Taft

Glad to know that you arrived ok. Yes we had quite a down pour Thursday afternoon sprinkled and poured Thursday nite. Could of stood more. But it helped. Max of course was in middle of hay cutting and had to shake out a lot of hay next morning. Have all cut & put in barn but last half of meadow by barn and cherry picking start Monday. Thay starting take light sweet. Tom Richard hasen't the liscense for his truck as yet.

Your postal card came to-day and Ronald say ok look at the pretty chicken house. Thay had a big cherry meeting at the T.C. high school. Max dident go but ever one else almost went. and are still handing for more money for the grower's Max would of went but had to haul in hay. after supper.

I guess that all the new's. The sour cherries are redding up a little

Sincerly Max & Family

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