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The Tuskegee Williamses [Christmas note]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.371 Author/Creator: The Tuskegee Williamses Place Written: s.l. Type: Typed note Date: 1970-1979 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 7.5 cm, Width: 12.7 cm Order a Copy

Christmas note from the Tuskegee Williamses to Cordelia Williams wishing her "the merriest of Christmases." It says that the gift is to start paying for an automatic washer and that they will send the balance from time to time. They tell her to check the papers for the after Christmas sale and recommends the purchase of the Seans Kenmore, fully automatic. They say they wish they could be there and hope she likes the new home. It is signed "love, the Tuskegee Williamses."

Williams, Cordelia Shelton, 1884-1978

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