Letter from Ellen to Amy FitzSimons (Mrs. James Pickens Walker), page 3 — closing, signed 'Ellen'
Book 1, Page 601 ·1957–1965
Transcription
[Continued from page 600.]
for sale. John Whitfield says that it is so lovely. Will you have an apartment in Jacksonville? please give Ann and Peck my love — they are two of the nicest people I know.
please take care of yourself — my love to you as always — I can’t realize that at long last I’ll be buying a one-way ticket and coming home for good —
Love again — affectionately
Ellen
AI Notes
Page three (closing) of a handwritten letter in blue ink from ‘Ellen’ to Amy FitzSimons (Mrs. James Pickens Walker). Continues from pages 599 and 600. The writer asks whether Amy will take an apartment in Jacksonville and sends love to Ann and Peck; she closes by saying she can’t realize that ‘at long last I’ll be buying a one-way ticket and coming home for good’ — language suggesting a return to the South after a long career or absence. Because Amy’s paternal aunt Ellen Milliken FitzSimons (1862–1953) died before the companion page 600’s reference to Nancy McEwan (b. 1946) being entered at Ashley Hall — most likely after 1957 — the ‘Ellen’ here is a younger family member (e.g., Ellen Walker or a niece using Ellen as a familial form). Open question for the family-tree review.