William Webb's letter to his wife. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng A letter from William Webb to his wife Marguerite written while William was on a trip to Key West on his schooner the "Vision." William and his brother Jack had gone to Key West to trade hogs, chickens, charcoal, and potatoes. William writes of a cigar makers strike. Will also mentions a letter his brother Jack sent to his wife Emma. The rest of the letter are photograph numbers 03068-A and 03070-A. Here is the text of this part of the letter: "becalmed fervor and Sunday am to sundown the breeze sprang up after that fair ? We arrived here, and came to anchor about daylight, Monday morning, we found Granthan here. He had been here since Friday morning and had not sold a hog. He left yesterday (Tuesday) not having sold a hog. He left them with the butcher to sell for him. So we have done better than he did. We hoped to leave here this afternoon but the wind during the night looked up to N.E. and is blowing to heavy for us now. So we may have to lay here until tomorrow and perhaps longer. So as the MastCot leaves here tonight I thought I might get a letter to you perhaps by Saturdays mail and before I can get home anyway. So you could hear from your old man and know he is alright. Don't worry about me in regard to Yellow-Fever I don't believe there..." A letter from William Webb to his wife Marguerite written while William was on a trip to Key West on his schooner the "Vision." William and his brother Jack had gone to Key West to trade hogs, chickens, charcoal, and potatoes. William writes of a cigar makers strike. Will also mentions a letter his brother Jack sent to his wife Emma. The rest of the letter are photograph numbers 03068-A and 03070-A. Here is the text of this part of the letter: "becalmed fervor and Sunday am to sundown the breeze sprang up after that fair ? We arrived here, and came to anchor about daylight, Monday morning, we found Granthan here. He had been here since Friday morning and had not sold a hog. He left yesterday (Tuesday) not having sold a hog. He left them with the butcher to sell for him. So we have done better than he did. We hoped to leave here this afternoon but the wind during the night looked up to N.E. and is blowing to heavy for us now. So we may have to lay here until tomorrow and perhaps longer. So as the MastCot leaves here tonight I thought I might get a letter to you perhaps by Saturdays mail and before I can get home anyway. So you could hear from your old man and know he is alright. Don't worry about me in regard to Yellow-Fever I don't believe there..." United States Florida Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
William Webb's letter to his wife.
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A letter from William Webb to his wife Marguerite written while William was on a trip to Key West on his schooner the "Vision." William and his brother Jack had gone to Key West to trade hogs, chickens, charcoal, and potatoes. William writes of a cigar makers strike. Will also mentions a letter his brother Jack sent to his wife Emma. The rest of the letter are photograph numbers 03068-A and 03070-A. Here is the text of this part of the letter: "becalmed fervor and Sunday am to sundown the breeze sprang up after that fair ? We arrived here, and came to anchor about daylight, Monday morning, we found Granthan here. He had been here since Friday morning and had not sold a hog. He left yesterday (Tuesday) not having sold a hog. He left them with the butcher to sell for him. So we have done better than he did. We hoped to leave here this afternoon but the wind during the night looked up to N.E. and is blowing to heavy for us now. So we may have to lay here until tomorrow and perhaps longer. So as the MastCot leaves here tonight I thought I might get a letter to you perhaps by Saturdays mail and before I can get home anyway. So you could hear from your old man and know he is alright. Don't worry about me in regard to Yellow-Fever I don't believe there..."
A letter from William Webb to his wife Marguerite written while William was on a trip to Key West on his schooner the "Vision." William and his brother Jack had gone to Key West to trade hogs, chickens, charcoal, and potatoes. William writes of a cigar makers strike. Will also mentions a letter his brother Jack sent to his wife Emma. The rest of the letter are photograph numbers 03068-A and 03070-A. Here is the text of this part of the letter: "becalmed fervor and Sunday am to sundown the breeze sprang up after that fair ? We arrived here, and came to anchor about daylight, Monday morning, we found Granthan here. He had been here since Friday morning and had not sold a hog. He left yesterday (Tuesday) not having sold a hog. He left them with the butcher to sell for him. So we have done better than he did. We hoped to leave here this afternoon but the wind during the night looked up to N.E. and is blowing to heavy for us now. So we may have to lay here until tomorrow and perhaps longer. So as the MastCot leaves here tonight I thought I might get a letter to you perhaps by Saturdays mail and before I can get home anyway. So you could hear from your old man and know he is alright. Don't worry about me in regard to Yellow-Fever I don't believe there..."
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