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- GLC#
- GLC03523.05.24-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 23 May 1888
- Author/Creator
- Summers, Etta, fl. 1888
- Title
- to Albert Gillett
- Place Written
- Scottsburgh, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- Populism and Agrarian Discontent
Letter introducing herself to Albert GIllett as a possible wife. Tells him "I am of an affectionate nature, a great lover of home. I like to keep a house nice. I would like to keep my husband clean & nice & to keep my own self clean & tidy...I like to trust & to be trusted to love & be loved." Informs him that she has two girls and is currently working, but would quit her job if he would like. Inquires as to whether or not he has children. Asks him to send a picture of himself.
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