Child's folded note from Jim: 'you are the best mother in the world' — unfolded view
Book 1, Page 436 ·1955–1975
Transcription
A single sheet of three-hole notebook paper, opened to reveal the inscription inside. The upper-left corner remains folded down and shows the outward inscription seen on page 435:
I love you from G— who [uncertain — child’s spelling] in these places
In the body of the sheet, running diagonally down the right half in a child’s large pencilled cursive, one word per line:
you
are
the
best
mother
in
the
world
AI Notes
The same hand-made folded note shown on page 435, here unfolded to reveal the full inscription inside. A single sheet of three-hole loose-leaf notebook paper, pencilled in a child’s hand. One corner of the sheet remains folded down at the upper left, still showing the outward inscription ‘I love you / from G— who / in these places’. The body of the inside, written in large widely-spaced letters running diagonally down the right half of the page, reads ‘you are the best mother in the world’. Written by James Walker McEwan (‘Jim,’ b. 25 Apr 1949) — youngest son of Mary Ann Walker McEwan — identified by the ‘from Jim’ signature on the outer face of the folded triangle (see page 435). The note is filed alongside other Mary Ann McEwan ephemera; the date_range is bounded by Jim’s plausible childhood writing years (mid-1950s through mother’s 1975 death).
Writer identified as James Walker McEwan (‘Jim’) by the ‘from Jim’ signature on the outer flap of the folded triangle (page 435).