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revolutionized people of today. I suppose they had their sorrows and troubles too, but they lived more leisurely, and were content with little.

I hope hope Amy and the Baby are getting along all right. Give them my love. I want to add my thanks to Emmie for those delightful hams, they are certainly delicious.

Emmie leaves for Washington on Monday afternoon, and consequently is all in a bustle of preparation. Love to Sam and the Hudsons. I am surely coming to pay you that visit, and am anticipating a charming time.

With much love

Affectionately,

Josie

AI Notes

Second leaf, conclusion of the letter dated Charleston, April 23, 1910 from ‘Josie’ to ‘Cousin Min,’ continuing from page 626. The writer comments on the simpler lives of past generations, hopes that Amy and ‘the Baby’ are well (Amy FitzSimons Walker’s first child would have been a toddler in early 1910), thanks Emmie for hams she has sent, notes Emmie’s imminent departure for Washington on Monday afternoon, sends love to Sam and the Hudsons, and promises a visit. Signed ‘Affectionately, Josie’ with a long flourishing underline. Manuscript self-corrections are shown as strike-throughs (hope, the, anticipating) to reflect the writer’s lively, revising pen.