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Letter to Raymond Pilgrim Family from his Croft and Helen Pilgrim

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Letter to Raymond Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from his brother, Croft of Whittier, California, dated August 29, 1922. Croft talks about not being able to come to Iowa because of having to pay his taxes, his job as a carpenter working for an oil company and having to commute thirty miles each way, and discusses whether he should sell the farm back home in Iowa. Helen appends a note about house hunting and the weather. Includes envelope.
Title Letter to Raymond Pilgrim Family from his Croft and Helen Pilgrim
correspondent Pilgrim, Croft Lester, 1890-1979
correspondent Pilgrim, Helen May Hyde, 1886-1977
addressee Pilgrim, Raymond S., 1892-1969
Index Date 1922
Date Issued August 29, 1922
Publisher Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Genre letter
Digital Origin reformatted digital
Extent 4 pages & envelope
Media Type application/pdf
Provenance Jack Sherman
Language English
Topic Letters
Topic Farms
Topic Commuting
Geographic Whittier (Calif.)
Geographic Grinnell (Iowa)
Keyword Grinnell
Keyword Family Life
Keyword 1920s
Related Item Poweshiek History Preservation Project
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Identifier (local) grinnell:30039
Access Condition Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.).
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/30039
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