Laura Kephart to Leonard W. Kephart, December 19, 1946, page 2

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Laura Kephart to Leonard W. Kephart, December 19, 1946, page 1

HL_MSS16-01_02_12_11_01

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Laura Kephart to Leonard W. Kephart, December 19, 1946, page 3

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Laura Kephart to Leonard W. Kephart, December 19, 1946, page 4

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Details
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS16-01_02_12_11_02
Transcript

have been cut down to the few sent to some forlorn old women in Boonville. Most of the forlorn- ness has been thrust upon them. Mrs. Schurinsberg, the one most blessed with material things, creates her own. That makes her have the worst case. Fitch advertised “that having sold my old Colonial 120 yr old house, I will sell at auction Wed. Dec. 18 the following antiques that have been in the family for five generations.” Then lists a lot of them. He did not give us the chance to redeem them in case we wanted to do so. Julia says “He acquired them all, we don’t know how, but he did not buy them. I consider they were simply a

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Description

In this letter of December 19, 1946, Laura Kephart writes her son Leonard Kephart to comment on his new Deanship position. She shares that Fitch is selling his antiques from the house and it has upset everyone. She informs him that some or all of the Fernows will head to Florida in January.
Details
- Creator
  - Kephart, Laura, 1862-1954
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1946-12-19
- Extent
  - Dimension: 8" x 5.25"
  - Pages: 4
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Tompkins County (N.Y.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Horace Kephart and Laura Mack Kephart Family Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS16-01_02_12_11
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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