Scanned page 9 of Book 3
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[High-resolution close-up of the left column of the second sheet of the letter (cf. the whole-sheet scan on p008). Pencil, large childish block printing on a single sheet of ruled notebook paper.]

christmas. I want a

long list of things.

I wish you could be

here for christmas

AI Notes

High-resolution close-up scan of the LEFT column of the same single sheet shown whole on p008 (the right column is captured separately on p010). Pencil block printing in a child’s hand on ruled notebook paper. The sheet is one of two — paired with p007 (recto) — forming a brief Christmas thank-you note to ‘Gam’ (Amy FitzSimons Walker, the compiler) for a five-dollar Christmas gift, signed ‘Dee’ (a Walker grandchild — NOT to be confused with Emma Dee Walker Corbell, the compiler’s adult middle daughter, who would have been a grown woman in this era). The pencil show-through visible at center is verso bleed from the previous sheet (p007), confirming p007/p008-009-010 are the same two-sheet letter.

Continues to the right column on p010, ending ‘My Love to both / of you. Love Dee.’ The note begins on p007 (‘Dear Gam thank you for the five dollars. I hope you have a merry…’).