Pages That Mention Eliot
Booth Tarkington to May Wright Sewall August 31, 1918
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{in a second hand above the line: "Tarkington, Booth Aug 31, 1918"}
{Pre-printed: "Seawood Kennebunkport, Maine"}
Aug 31, '18
Dear Mrs. Sewall:
Bad weather prevented me from making the trip to Eliot on Thursday; however it was as well, for interruptions had prevailed, and I had not been able to conclude my
Clara Barton to May Wright Sewall
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our "Saint Anthony" had! and now they flourish and spread and live after her. How thankful you are for every hour you labored by her side. They are like a string of pearls about your neck, and the remembering fingers tenderly feel them one by {carat: "one"} for the treasured whole.
I am spending the Autumn and Winter [probably?], in Glen Echo and am very well and "over" busy.
Always glad of a remembrance from you and am Always Affectionately yours Clara Barton