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#2398: Willa Cather to Virginia Cather Brockway, August 24 [1937-1939]

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SOUTHERN CROSS, GRAND MANAN, N.B. POST CARD MADE IN CANADA
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I wish you1 and the twins3 were all of you here2 among the cove cliffs that hang over the sea. The stars have never been so glorious as this year. You three sisters seem to seek the hottest spots on the continent!

Lovingly W. S. C.
Mrs. John H. Brockway1 Post Graduate School U.S. Navy Annapolis4 Maryland U. S. A. NORTH HEAD2 AU 23 3[missing] AM