Letter from Julia to 'Amy and Puck' — page 1 of condolence letter, Feb. 1945

Scanned page 148 of Book 2 — Scan of original. Open full size →

Dear Amy and Puck —

I can’t tell you how much it meant to me to have you with me in Wilmington. But I think you know already —

Coburn’s feeling toward you both was that of a brother rather than a cousin — Nothing seemed to give him more pleasure than to have you

AI Notes

First page of a long handwritten letter from Julia (Julia Faison Pickens, per the envelope label on page 147) to her cousins Amy and ‘Puck’ (James Pickens) Walker, written in flowing dark-ink cursive on cream notepaper. The letter — which continues through page 156 and concludes ‘Affectionately, Julia / Feb. 10, 1945’ — was written shortly after the death of Julia’s husband Coburn Pickens, nicknamed ‘Pick’. Salutation ‘Dear Amy and Puck —’. The leaf has no date or letterhead; Julia opens by thanking Amy and Puck for being with her in Wilmington and describing Coburn’s brotherly feeling toward them.

Continued on page 149.