Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - November 24, 1933

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - November 24, 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

1933-11-24

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 I guess are winter has come to stay. are first storm was a great suprise to all. we was not ready. are double windows were not on or cracks stuffed up.

Max has the tree all in between storm's There is light cherry trees over. Max wants to know if you remeber how many you blazed He can't find any more.

Max bought paper for stairway $1.75 and has it on. The window at bottom of stair was broken both pane's so Max just tacked some paper over that to it make it so much warmer! yes we will be glad to put the ash on grape vine's

Yes I guess I will have to hide our Delicious apple a Max will have them all eaten before winter come's he like them crisp and I like them mealy.

There isnt much new's as we don't take either papers.

It takes all the money for fuel. Coal 7.50 ton and wood $2.00 a cord.

I don't know we are going to do for cloth pretty soon. go to barn and get some gunny sacks I guess. Stocking I paid .10$ pd for Ronald is .19$ know. Max is going to try and get the rest of money for apple round of as soon he can. Have some. of it but waiting to get all to-gether to take all in at once.

Max also bough a battery $1.80 and plow paint that had be paid for $1.10 The cow & horses are all fine and feeling good. Mr & Mrs Floyd Wilber is leaving Monday Morn. for Jacksonville Ill. and then on to Colorado. to be with son & Daughter-in-law when the stork comes. I went to school with the Son wife Alice Kelly.

I guess that all the news this time.

Sincerly Max & Family

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