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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, July 1944-April 1945

1944-09-14 Helen Fox to Bess Peebles Fox Page 1

Sept 14, 1944
Dear Mother,   No. 9
An unnumbered package with the blue sweater, bars, chocolate and peanuts came today.  I love the sweater, and it is just in time, as my old blue one is getting quite fuzzy on the elbows.  I save the red one for dark days.
Jay is mailing another package to you tomorrow.  It has four tea tiles, the spring & fall for Gretchen & the summer & winter for June.  I intended the silver salad things for Aunt Min, but am not sure that someone else wouldn't use them more.  They came from Plymouth, the tiles from A------, where we went on the boat.  The Wedgwood piece for a ring is for Mary and came from London.  I think she'll like it better than the jade ring which, after all isn't particularly characteristic of England.  It is dated 1780 & 1800, like your pin.
The etchings still haven't gone off, and I think I'll have to send them some other way.  There is no sense of there being export or import charges on the.  My difficulty is that there is a place name on them (Oxford) and I haven't gotten

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Sept 14, 1944 Dear Mother, No. 9 An unnumbered package with the blue sweater, bars, chocolate and peanuts came today. I love the sweater, and it is just in time, as my old blue one is getting quite fuzzy on the elbows. I save the red one for dark days. Jay is mailing another package to you tomorrow. It has four tea tiles, the spring & fall for Gretchen & the summer & winter for June. I intended the silver salad things for Aunt Min, but am not sure that someone else wouldn't use them more. They came from Plymouth, the tiles from A------, where we went on the boat. The Wedgwood piece for a ring is for Mary and came from London. I think she'll like it better than the jade ring which, after all isn't particularly characteristic of England. It is dated 1780 & 1800, like your pin. The etchings still haven't gone off, and I think I'll have to send them some other way. There is no sense of there being export or import charges on the. My difficulty is that there is a place name on them (Oxford) and I haven't gotten