Browsing the archives for the Letter from Fred category

7/29/1923 Have you decided definitely on Rice yet

Port Arthur Tex July 29, 1923 My Dearest Florence; I got your great big long and adorable letter yesterday and you can’t imagine how glad I was to get it. It surely did cheer me up. Made me feel so good. I am so glad to hear you are coming. I want you to go […]

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7/25/1923 You sure can write interesting letters when you want to

Port Arthur Tex July 25, 1923 My Darling Florence; Glad to hear you have had such a wonderful time on your birthday. I sure wished I could have been there to see you enjoy them. Didn’t it bother your leg. It must be OK. I have surely worried about it since you wrote. You know […]

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7/24/1923 I can’t express myself just right in words of writing

Port Arthur Tex July 24, 1923 My Dearest Darling Florence; This is the day isn’t it. This is the great day but for one thing. It’s so unfortunate that this thing had to happen. I am sure sorry and I am worried about hot you are. I am sure you are very much worried too. […]

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7/22/1923 You have passed over the line now

Sunday 7-22-23 My Dearest Florence; You have passed over the line now. The 16th is gone and the 17th has started. Do you feel so ancient as all that. Isn’t it awful to get so old when you feel so young. Sure seems queer, eh? I wish you a happy time on this day when […]

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7/21/1923 and now the mirror has reflected

My Darling Florence; Hurray – Today I received the most wonderful letter from a little girl in Houston what I think the world of. It was so nice the way you wrote to me, so kindly and the letter I wrote to you the other day, sure made me think. I don’t know why I […]

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7/21/1923 all the other youthful attractions

Caguntown July 21, 1923 My Great Big little girl; By the time you get this you will have passed out of your sixteenth  into your seventeenth. You are having the most wonderful year of your life. Is that not what you said. I expect you will have a glorious time at your dance at Sylvan, […]

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7/18/1923 oceans of love

Caguntown July 18, 1923 My Dearest Florence; I just received your letter a few minutes ago and Dear I don’t blame you a bit for feeling the way you did about getting that most unwelcome, sarcastic (and above all) impudent letter of mine. You see it’s just as I told you this morning in that […]

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7/17/23 don’t you know I’m crazy to see you?

Tuesday 4:15 Hip – Hip – Hooray!! Tomorrow I get up to go see the Doctor and he will tell me that I am OK and can go to work. I feel good over the fact. I am so glad to think I can leave that ole bed anyway. A bed is sure good when […]

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7/15/23 How are the dances and Jelly Beans coming

Caguntown July 15, 1923 My Dearest Florence; Today I am sitting up at the table to write you. Whose orders? My own. I felt so good and so tired staying in bed that I just got up to write to you. You see I didn’t want to lie down and try it as I have […]

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7/13/23 I can lay here and read and that’s about all

Caguntown Friday 13 My Dear Florence. I am getting along about the same. Not much better, only Doc says it will be a week or 10 days before I can go back. I will do my best to get along. I can lay here and read and that’s about all. I do not have much […]

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