Letter from Roxey Roach to Nelle Stewart, 1911 June 22

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Letter from Roxey Roach to Nelle Stewart

Date1911 June 22

DescriptionA handwritten seven-page letter from Roxey Roach to his love Nelle Stewart. Roach writes about his baseball games, how lonely he is without her, and that he thinks they should marry. On the envelope, Roach's address is typed in the top left corner, Stewart's address is handwritten in pencil, with a postmark of June 22, 1911 at 6:30 pm. The top right corner has a two cent stamp.

Object numberBL-2018-00063-018

Correspondent Roach, Roxey, 1882-1947

Addressee Stewart, Nelle, 1885-1925

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 290 Roxey Roach letters

Dimensionsw x h (envelope): 6.5 x 3.6 in. w x h (4 pages): 5.25 x 8.25 in.

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