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In this typed letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to her son, John Updike, Linda updates John about selling hay to the farm owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ellis. She describes recent events at church, including members of the congregation meddling in each other's lives.

Publication Date

2-4-1951

Document Type

Letter

City

Plowville, Pennsylvania

Keywords

money, hay, Carson R. Ellis, Mrs. Ellis, clothing, Della Kutch, Maurice Moyer, Willis Lester Everhart, United Evangelical Lutheran church, Lent, Wesley Russell Updike, Linda Grace Hoyer, John Updike, Katherine Ziemer Kramer

Language

English

Sender

Linda Grace Hoyer

Recipient

John Updike

Disciplines

American Literature | Social History | United States History

Comments

This letter contains no signature and may be incomplete.

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Letter from Linda Grace Hoyer to John Updike, February 4, 1951

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