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In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda provides an update about the health of her husband, Wesley. Linda describes the burden of growing old, and the workings of the farm in Plowville.

Publication Date

11-21-1950

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

Shillington High School, Trenton, Florida Magazine of Verse, Christmas, Mr. Kennel, Fairfax strawberry plants, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Wesley Russell Updike, health

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed:

[Love and best wishes from the old and the elderly].

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Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, November 21, 1950

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