Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - February 13, 1936

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - February 13, 1936

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

1936-02-13

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

Lots of wintere and lots more snow then we know what to do with.

We had some very cold weather. The children down in here have no chance to go to school the rest of wintere by look's of things. I suppose we could be worse off.

Essie Kitchen?? & Mrs Harry Christopher are giving Mrs Tom Richard a stork shower. Friday of this week at Richard home.

yes, the new Mrs Phelp's is finding kind of. longs day being showed in.

I have been busy. I have made. two wool batts for double beds and one wool batt for single bed. I quilted them all, and have one with top tied.

all the animal are comfortable at barn. Max carried water to them on real stormy day. (Gossip). Miss Dorothy Griffin is home from Flint and gave birth to a baby girl Saturday. Mrs Bill Dohm was called. and found them with out stitch of cloths for the baby.

Mrs Dudly Griffin has been at County hospital for a month. with sugar Diebitis. and was dying before there was any thing done for her. a neighbor put in a complaint to [C???] Lardie

There doesn't seem to be much news around.

Sincerly Max & Family

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