Margaret Woodrow Wilson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre

Title

Margaret Woodrow Wilson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre

Creator

Wilson, Margaret Woodrow, 1886-1944

Identifier

WWP17314

Date

1904 May 3

Source

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University

Language

English

Text

Dearest most precious Jess

I got your and Mamma's sweet letters a few days ago after I had written to you. They were forwarded to me from Baltimore. I am going back tomorrow morning nine forty four. The four weeks between now and June will go very fast for me won't they. I have been away so long and will have so much to do.

Princeton is perfectly lovely now. I hate to leave it though I will be very glad to see the girls again.Mamma's garden looks lovely now. The tulips and jonquils are blooming. The tulips are yellow and pure white and the most delicate mottled sort of pink. The jonquils are great big handsome but delicate things. I hope the garden will be in good shape at commencement. Mary Scott Blanchard Scott and Ruth Hath Hall have been having the German measles but were in the house only a few days. Blanchard however caught cold after it and is in bed again. She is having a very bad time with her eyes because she used them too soon after she got over the measles. Nellie and I got off better in respect to our eyes than the German measles victims did. They all hadx x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

I was interrupted in the middle of the last sentence and have not had time to resume it until now. Since then I have changed my residence. I am in Baltimore at last. I'm very glad to see everybody again but would rather be at home.

I was going to say above that the others had to wear dark glasses out doors.

I have not seen my teachers yet about my work so I don't know how much I will have to do.
I am afraid now I will have to close for I have been studying and my eyes are tired. Also I must write a note home to tell Papa I arrived safely.

Please thank dear Mamma for her letter and tell her I will write soon. I wrote to you instead of her because Papa writes to her. Goodbye darling. I will write again soon. I'm sorry I can't write a longer letter. With a heartfull of love for all the dear ones across the sea I am,

Your loving sister,
Margaret.

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Letter

To

Sayre, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, 1887-1933

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Citation

Wilson, Margaret Woodrow, 1886-1944, “Margaret Woodrow Wilson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre,” 1904 May 3, WWP17314, Jessie Wilson Sayre Correspondence, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.