There is no envelope.
Printed Letterhead:
Miss Pearl Sanders,
Words are inadequate to express my disappointment on awaking this
morning to find it raining.
County Court Clerk
Henry County Tennessee
Q. E. Routon, Clerk
S. J. Routon, Deputy Clerk
Paris,
Manuscript date:
Sept 14th 1901
Conyersville, Tenn
My Dearest Friend,
Henry was the only teacher here today that I saw from the country.
The Nation now morns the death of her Chief Executive, in honor of whom
and to extol whose greatness, and condemn his assassin, the ladies and
gentlemen of Paris filled to overflowing - the Court House last night. I
was one of the 12 appointed by the Chairman Barton to draft Resolutions
condemnatory of the Anarchists &c.
After the meeting, I strolled around to the Opera House where a Moving
Picture Show was in progress - but I did not enjoy it - because you was
not with me I suppose -
Un-signed.
Notes: This letter was written by S. J. Routon. Our contributor is the granddaughter of S. J. Routon.
The assassinated “Chief Executive” would be William McKinnley.
5 Apr 1998