Letter from Annie Tainter Cahoon to "Uncle Joe" Cahoon. She reports her thanks for a thimble and a dollar. She was away to Oberlin and plans to visit East Saginaw in the near future. She further reports various family doings.
2000.FIC.02.238A
374 Franklin Ave
Aug 13th 1883
Dear Uncle Joe
We are all about as well as usual I am ever so much obliged to you for the thimble and the dollar Mamma put a little more with it and got me a parasol the thimble comes quite handy as I am making a silk quilt and I use it a good deal I was away four weeks at Oberlin and Elyria and as soon as the Transport comes in (which will be about next Saturday) I am going to East Saginaw. I threw two wagon loads of wood into the
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cellar last week and I got a new light blue dress for it the three Aunts and Uncle Marshall went to Toledo in the carriage and back Saturday. The house is all finished I can't think of anything to say so I will close
Annie
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When folded, it was embossed with a small shield emblem at the top left. The page underneath had ink applied to accent the design.
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Thos H. Cahoon / 374 Franklin Ave / Cleveland / Ohio
Miss Cahoon / 1916 Broadway / Cleveland / Ohio
2000.FIC.02.238B Envelope:
Discolored envelope with 'Annie' written on the left side in green pencil.
Addressed to:
J.J. Cahoon / Cor Second and Madison / Memphis / Tenn
Green three cent George Washington stamp in the top right at a 45 degree angle. Circular postmark to the left of it: CLEVELAND / AUG / 13 / 7PM / O.
Back has a circular postmark that is partially off the envelope in the middle right: MEMPHIS RECD / AUG / 15 / 5AM
