Letter re: Graduation gift

Letter

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

A 2025.11.b22.f22.1ab

Description

Handwritten letter from Ned Handy to F.A. and Gertrude Seiberling, addressed to Granny Sei and Grandaddy, thanking them for a graduation gift of a book. Ned mentions how it will be useful as he will be writing for the Cape Cod newspaper which implies it was a notebook or journal.

Collection

PERMANENT COLLECTION

Cataloged By

Barb Welch

Acquisition

Accession

A 2025.11

Source or Donor

Harrison, Irene Seiberling

Acquisition Method

Gift

Letter Details

Letter Date

Jun 30, 1940

Postmark

Date and Time of Postmark

7/2/1940 1:00 PM

Postmark Place

City

Mount Kisko

State/Province

New York

Country

U.S.A.

Continent

North America

Date and Time of Postmark

7/5/1940 7:00 AM

Postmark Place

City

Fairlawn

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Stamp

Purple 3 cent Thomas Jefferson stamp

Sender

Name

Edward "Ned" Handy

Addressee

Name

Mr. & Mrs. F.A. Seiberling

Address

Stan Hywett [sic], North Portage Path, Akron, Ohio Crossed out and written Cedar Lodge, Hessel, Mich.

Primary Language

English

Transcription

Dear Granny Sei and Grandaddy, / This is to thank you very much for the wonderful graduation present you gave me. No book could be more useful to me just now when I am going to begin spending regular time every day trying to write for the Cape Code newspaper. It is such a timely gift that there must have been miraculous connections between us somehow. Graduation day was a big day in my life, and having our whole family there, and Judy too, certainly made it a nice one. / We have had some beautiful days at the Cape during the last week and with all eight members of the family plugging have made a lot of progress on the house. About three-quarters of it is cleaned and in perfect order, and the reign of chaos in the other quarter is being shaken. / thank you again for that book and I hope you will have a pleasant summer. / Lots of love, / from Ned

Transcriber

Barb Welch

Language

English

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

11 in

Created By

bwelch@stanhywet.org

Create Date

August 28, 2025

Updated By

bwelch@stanhywet.org

Update Date

October 9, 2025