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[REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN
FEB 2 1944
FRAMINGHAM red stamp]

Indenture File

Monday
Jan 31, 1943.
[1944?added in pencil]

Dear Dr Van Waters :

I do hope this finds you enjoying good
health, free of colds and a bit more rested.

This last day of the month of January this
new year, certainly finds me further advanced than
a year ago this time, for which I most certainly utter
a grateful prayer.

I like my new work just fine and the "powers
that be" here are pleased with me. I have been told
they have plans for me, so started me in learning
the business from the ground up. It is most in-
teresting and who knows but that I might become
quite an expert on stocks and bonds. I realize I
have a lot of ground to cover as well as plenty
of hard work and intense concentration, but then
I will love it I know.

I have been feeling just fine, but, of course,
I would slip on the ice and give myself quite
a lump. Everything else concerning me is pro-
gressing just fine and I fervently pray it will re-
main so.

Please give my regards to Miss Kelley to whom
I have given the title "Charming and Beautiful." I
will call you soon as well as writing to let you
know my progress.

Respectfully yours,
Mary Rose Cronin