Guide to Reading Letter Transcriptions
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| Textual Feature | Appearance |
|---|---|
| passage deleted with a strikethrough mark | |
| passage deleted by overwritten added letters | |
| passage added above the line | passage with added text above |
| passage added on the line | passage with added text inline |
| passage added in the margin | passage with text added in margin |
| handwritten addition to a typewritten letter | typed passage with added handwritten text |
| missing or unreadable text | missing text noted with "[illegible]" |
| uncertain transcriptions | word[?] |
| notes written by someone other than Willa Cather | Note in another's hand |
| printed letterhead text | printed text |
| text printed on postcards, envelopes, etc. | printed text |
| text of date and place stamps | stamped text |
| passage written by Cather on separate enclosure. | written text |
I shall be entirely guided by the advice which you and Mr. Foe3 give me in your joint letter, and for the next few months, while I am working hard at my desk, I shall dismiss from my mind the problem of those Nebraska4 farms, which I am unfortunate enough to own. I know you will do the best you can for me, and it is a great moral stimulus to feel that there is someone in Webster County5 who has the knowledge and the good will to look after those matters, which I am so utterly incompetent to handle. I am enclosing a check for the travelling expenses to Colorado6.
At this season of the year I would like to send my good wishes to you and yours for a Happy New Year. And I assure you, very few days pass by that I do not earnestly wish a Prosperous New Year to all my friends at home. Their courage and endurance have been sorely tried through these long years of drougth, and some of them are growing old. I wish that better times could come while they are yet living.
Very sincerely yours, Willa Cather
