Three envelopes: from Hammond, Kennedy & Yow (Augusta), and two addressed to Mrs. J. Pickens Walker
Book 1, Page 535 ·1942–1955
Transcription
Upper-left envelope — printed return address in the upper left corner:
HAMMOND, KENNEDY & YOW LAWYERS SOUTHERN FINANCE BUILDING AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
A circular AUGUSTA, GA. postmark sits at the upper right. Pencilled note across the upper portion of the envelope, in the compiler’s hand:
Letter from Judge Hammond telling Ellie [Walker] he had been to her funeral!
Addressed in typewriter face:
Miss Ellen FitzSimmons,
Charleston Library,Charleston, S. C.Care of F. L. FitzSimons Box 167 Hendersonville, N.C.
[Note: the typewritten name is “FitzSimmons” with two m’s — a clerical misspelling. The original Charleston address has been struck through with two horizontal lines and the Hendersonville forwarding address typed in beside it.]
Upper-right envelope — a pale prestamped envelope with a 3-cent purple Washington indicia; Hendersonville, N.C. postmark dated MAY [day-illegible] 1942. Return-address area at the upper left, in print and ink:
After 5 days, return to [in ink:] M. FitzSimons Box 167 HENDERSONVILLE, N.C.
Addressed in blue ink:
Mrs. J. Pickens Walker, 3657 Richmond Street, Jacksonville, Fla.
Lower-right envelope — a small white envelope tilted on the page, postmarked NEW YORK, N.Y. / OCT 8 / 6-PM / 1955 in the upper-right corner. A fragment of writing in the same hand peeks out from beneath the upper edge of the envelope:
…es who a r close ou…
Addressed in blue ink, slightly aslant:
Mrs. J. P. Walk[er] P. O. Box 167 Hendersonville N. C.
AI Notes
Three envelopes mounted on a mostly-blank album page. Upper left: a business envelope of Hammond, Kennedy & Yow, Lawyers, Southern Finance Building, Augusta, Georgia (a real Augusta GA firm of which Judge Henry C. Hammond was a partner), postmarked Augusta, typewritten address to ‘Miss Ellen FitzSimmons’ [sic — typed with two m’s] care of F.L. FitzSimons at Box 167, Hendersonville, N.C. (an earlier typed ‘Charleston Library, Charleston, S.C.’ address is struck through). A pencilled note above the address in the compiler’s hand explains the contents: ‘Letter from Judge Hammond telling Ellie [Walker] he had been to her funeral!’ This envelope evidently held the long humorous Hammond letter transcribed on pages 537–542. Upper right: a pale prestamped envelope (3-cent purple Washington indicia, Hendersonville, N.C. postmark dated MAY 1942) addressed to Mrs. J. Pickens Walker at 3657 Richmond Street, Jacksonville, Fla.; the return-address line is ‘M. FitzSimons / Box 167 / Hendersonville, N.C.’ Lower right: a small white envelope tilted on the page, postmarked NEW YORK, OCT 8, 1955, 6 PM; addressed in blue ink to ‘Mrs. J. P. Walk[er] / P.O. Box 167 / Hendersonville / N.C.’ A fragment of pencilled writing peeks out from beneath the upper edge of the envelope (‘…es who a / r close / out’). A faint rectangular discoloration at the center of the page shows where a fourth item once was mounted.
The three envelopes appear to be saved together because each carried family correspondence written to or about Ellen M. FitzSimons or her niece Amy. The Hammond letter envelope is the cover for the long jocular “I have been to your funeral” letter from Judge Henry C. Hammond that follows on pages 537–542.