Item - 1889, Dec 20 – Letter to Alf

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1889, Dec 20 – Letter to Alf

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    • December 20, 1889 (Creation)

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    Two (2) sheets of paper, folded in half + envelope

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    (1864-1934)

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    Place: Byron, Ontario

    From: Marion [Griffith]

    To: Alf / T.A. Patrick, M.D., Saltcoats, Assiniboia, N.W.T.

    Delivery: Canada Post, postmarked

    Details: 8 pp + envelope, note on envelope “No. 233”

    Notes: Marion writes to her fiance, Alf [Dr. Thomas A. Patrick]. She has been busy in preparations for Christmas. Alf's parents invited her and her sister Annie to spend Xmas [Christmas] evening with them and a few friends. She is pleased and surprised to be invited, although she worries that they will be an imposition as they are unable to arrange a ride home for themselves. Marion anticipates talking with Alf's brother Rick, as they get along well. Marion tells of how pleased Annie was to receive her own letter from Alf, which also pleases Marion. Writing later, Marion tells of how she stayed at home with her Grandpa rather than attending evening church service. He is very lonely and she is glad to play for him and read aloud to him.

    Marion received an early Christmas gift from Annie: a cup and saucer for her and a moustache cup for Alf. Marion "was surprised when I saw the cups as it was decided we would do without presents ourselves in order to have a family photograph during the holidays." Marion wishes Alf a belated birthday, a Merry Xmas, and Happy New Year. In a postscript she writes that she has no objections to Alf's cousin travelling to Birtle [Manitoba] to be a witness at their wedding.

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        2010.042 Box 11. Bruce Peel Special Collections is part of University of Alberta Libraries.

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