WHITENER ARKANSAS
NOV. 25, 1903
DEAR BROTHER & SISTER, I SEAT MY SELF TO WRITE YOU A FEW LINES TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL WELL. HOPING YOU ALL THE SAME. I HAVENT MUCH TO WRITE, ONLY WE ARE HAVING LOTS OF RAIN THIS WINTER. GEORGE & THE BOYS IS AFLE BAD BEHIND WITH THER WORKE. WELL JOHN I WENT TO SEE YOUR MOTHER YESTERDAY. SHE WANTED ME TO WRITE TO YOU AND TELL YOU IF YOU EVER WANTED TO SEE HER ANY MORE TO COME RIGHT A WAY, FOR SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE COULD STAND -
p. 2 - MUCH LONGER. SHE HAS BIN DOWN ABOUT FORE MONTHS, ONLY TO GET UP A FEW MINUTES AT A TIME . SHE SAID TO TELL YOU THE DOCTOR SAYES THAT IT IS A GROTH ON HER LIVER AND IS IN A CANCER FORM. NOW SHE SAYES TOUNG ??????? CANT TELL HOW BAD SHE SUFFERS. I NEVER SEEN ANY ONE AS YALER IN MY LIFE. SHE IS AS YALER AS ANY ONE WITH THE YELLOWGONDERS. SHE HAS BIN THAT AWAY ABOUT THREE DAYS. SHE SAID TO TELL JIM SHE GOT HIS PICTURE
p. 3 AND WAS PROUD OF IT. SHE WANTS TO SEE YOU ALL OFUL BAD & JOHN, IF YOU CAN COME YOU MUST. IT WOULD DO HER SO MUCH GOOD, SOW I WILL COME TO A CLOSE BY ASKING YOU TO WRITE SOON AND FAIL NOT, FROM US TO YALL------GOOD BY
WELL JOHN'S AUNT VIRGINIA (CLARK) VAUGHN IS AFUL BAD OF, WITH CANCER ON HER FACE. THA HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR HER TO DIE FOR SEVERL ?????? DAYS.
This letter taken from and originally copied by Tom Mitchell, who is Grandson of Agness Ann Clark Mitchell, into his book entitled, "LETTERS BY & TO ELIZABETH JANE (GRIGG) CLARK & HER CHILDREN". Agness Ann is John Henderson Clark's sister. For information of future generations, Thomas Gifford Clark, James Clark's son, also died of cancer on the face the same way Virginia Clark died.
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