Letter from Olive Legendre to her sister-in-law, Gertrude Legendre, thanking her for the clothes she sent, delivering news of her family and their friends. Olive relays news of each of her children individually.
Letter from Olive Legendre to her sister-in-law, Gertrude Legendre, thanking her for the Christmas gifts and clothes she has sent, discussing travel plans and the relationship of her daughter, Kathy.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his brother, Armant Legendre, discussing the inflation issues, the possibility of a visit to Armant’s family in New Orleans, and his discovery of Armant’s daughter, Anne, hiding in their New York apartment.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Sanford Legendre, regarding her return to the continental United Sates after her internment as a prisoner of war in Europe. Sidney continues on in his letter to day dream of her being able to join him in Hawaii and the possibility of the family living there after the war and requesting that she visit Medway Plantation. He also discusses her prisoner of war escape into Switzerland.
Letter from Jane Sanford Pansa to her sister, Gertrude Legendre, expressing her joy that Sidney has safely returned to the continental United States and describing a castle they’re renting on the water in the coastal city of Ravello, Italy.
Letter from Jane Sanford Pansa to her sister, Gertrude Legendre, delivering news of their family and friends and of her social activities. Jane continues in her letter to tell Gertrude of the British officers coming through the area stopping to play polo with her husband, Mario.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding the “buzz bombs” of London, England, her low spirits because of the London gloom, and her social life.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding the apartment house Sidney and Morris had purchased and her weekend spent in the country with friends.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, describing how sick he and Morris are, their jobs, and the friends that have come to visit them recently. Sidney continues in his letter to describe the apartment house he and Morris are buying in Hawaii.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, discussing news he had heard of her life in London, a description of how he spent the previous night and day, putting her in his place in the description. Sidney continues in his letter to relay the newest acquaintance he had made, a man who was supposed to go on an expedition with them before the war, and describing a trip the man had told him about.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding a dinner party she helped throw for generals and colonels and other social events she has attended.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding the construction occurring in her office and her social life in London, England.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding their plans to try to meet in New York while on leave in September, “buzz bombs,” and her social life.
