Letter from Alice Stone to Bob Stone, 1919 August 20

Collection Name:

Stone Family Correspondence

Title:

Letter from Alice Stone to Bob Stone, 1919 August 20

Creator:

Stone, Alice, 1876-1969

Creator Role:

Author

Accession / Call Number:

2003.007

Object ID:

2003.007.04.01

Date:

1919/08/20

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

1 letter

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Letter from Alice Stone in Newcastle, ME, to her husband, Robert "Bob" Stone, dated August 20, 1919. In the letter, Alice updates her husband on daily events, starting with notes on the police strike, how unhelpful people were on the trains, and that she is "disgusted" the House repealed the Daylight Savings bill despite the President's vetoes. She spends the rest of the letter providing updates on their children, Ellen and Richard, who went for a swim and then built a fort to play pirates. Alice ends the letter with an update on Richard's eye and notes they are making jam.

Subjects:

Correspondence, Weather, Leisure, Children, Politics and government

Locations:

Newcastle, ME

People:

Stone, Alice, 1876-1969, Stone, Robert Bowditch, 1877-1945, Stone, Richard, 1912, Eppelsheimer, Ellen Stone, 1913-2002

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Ellen Eppelsheimer.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

1