Charlotte Stanfield ([March 1, 1924])

#0722: Willa Cather to Charlotte Stanfield, [March 1, 1924]

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LADIES WAITING ROOM
JAMES MC CREERY & CO.
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET
NEW YORK Saturday Dear Mrs. Stanfield¹:

Since I telephoned you I've had a week in the house with a stiff neck—many flowers, consequently many notes to write. Yesterday, my regular day at home, I was able to see friends, and today am out for the first time. I am looking forward to having a little visit with you soon. But a week of illness puts one terribly behind in a New York² winter.

With affectionate greetings to you Willa Cather Mrs. Stanfield¹ "The Wyoming" Seventh Ave + 55^th St New York² NEW YORK,N.Y.STA.C² MAR 3 1924 1130 AM

Information about this letter:

Source File:: cat.let0722.xml
Letter identifier: 0722
Contents: Document is one leaf, handwritten on recto only. Includes one handwritten envelope.
Person to whom letter was written: Charlotte Stanfield ¹
Date letter was written: [March 1, 1924]
Explanation of conjectured date: March 1, 1924, was the Saturday before the postmark date of March 3, 1924.
Place letter was written: New York, New York, United States²
Location of original letter: Willa Cather Papers, 1899-1949, in the Clifton Barrett Library (6494), University of Virginia, Special Collections, Charlottesville, VA

Person Annotations

0227

Stanfield, Charlotte L. (1847-1932). Mother of Harriet Boas. Born in Germany and married to the German-born Theodore Stanfield, Charlotte Stanfield was a naturalized American citizen. After her husband’s death, she and her daughter Harriet Boas, also widowed, shared a home in New York City, where Cather knew both the mother and daughter. It is not clear when and where they met, but Cather’s surviving letters to her suggest a warm friendship with social visits.

Place Annotations

New York, New York, United States