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In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda describes the struggles John's father is having at his teaching job. She inquires about John's health and notes that the family finances will be in good order thanks to the sale of hay to another farm.

Publication Date

1-12-1951

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

clothing, Luppold's, Knecht Ruprecht, Newton W. Geiss, Charles J. Hemmig, Shillington High School, money, Dear Juan, Juan Ponce de Leon, Katherine Ziemer Kramer, Wesley Russell Updike, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, health

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter is signed [Mother].

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Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, January 12, 1951

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