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Williams, Cordelia Shelton, 1889-1978 to Children

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.344 Author/Creator: Williams, Cordelia Shelton, 1889-1978 Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 May 1976 Pagination: 2 p. ; 26.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Letter from Cordelia Williams. She thanks them for making her Mother's Day so wonderful and that she loves her new pocketbook. She asks how their Mother's Day was -- it is likely she is speaking to one of her daughters. She also asks if Diane really got married. She remarks on the weather and her plants. She lists several young women who recently graduated from Virginia State and Radford. She mentions that Dolores might be in Boston and asks them to watch Geraldine. She signs off, sending love and blessings.

Williams, Cordelia Shelton, 1884-1978
Twitty, Geraldine Williams, 1930-
Kent, Diane, fl. 1976
Kent, Dolores, fl. 1976

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