Letter from Cara Henson to cousin Alice - January 24, 1918 · Greer Heritage Museum collection

Title: Letter from Cara Henson to cousin Alice - January 24, 1918
Accession Number: 2023.58.1.1
Accession Date: April 8, 2023
Accession Creator: Samantha Mora
Depositor: Found in collection
Description: A letter written by Cara Henson to her cousin Alice on January 24, 1918. Alice is the mother Harper Donald Hawkins, Sr.
Creator: Cara Henson
Date: January 24, 1918
Storage Location: Archive: collection case
Text: Piedmont S. C.
Jan 24 1918.

Dear cousin Alice
We Recieved [sic] your letter to day was glad to hear from you was sorrow to hear aunt Sis is as so Sick.
Mama Fell and Broke her arm the other day.
She said to tell you to write by Return Mail how she is and she would come and to write her what day some one would meet her and she would meet them at Greer.
She said to tell you that she could not do any thing but nurs [sic] her arm I told her that she could stay with aun Sis.
aunt [sic] Bet is anfel Fefal she cant [sic] get about much she Look Bad she has weak spells she Fell the other day.
Papa is not doing much good his feet Still Swels [sic] and He says he Feels num [sic]. He will work though.
there [sic] is no news so I will close writ soon.
give [sic] my Love to all -
Your Cousin
Cara Henson
Relation: Hawkins family collection