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John Writes to Son, Frank––June 20, 1921


 

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Afton N. Y.

June 20, 1921


My dear Frank,

I was talking with a well to do man in this town tonight who has a boy in the junior class of high school. This boy has secured work on the state road for the summer and as you want profitable employment for the summer I have a suggestion for you. Just as soon as you know who has the contract for building the concrete road in our village, make an application for a job. Herb Rawley, I think, is clerk of the board and have him let you know as soon as the contract is let and put in your application at once. You can probably earn about $3.00 per day and that will give you a good job right at home. You can have all your evenings and can practice and I hope take lessons on your saxophone. This boy who is going to work on state road here is only 15 years of age and isn’t nearly as strong and large as you are. You can save quite a bit of money and have time to improve on your saxophone and presumably you can organize a school orchestra for next year.

Here’s for good luck.

Your loving dad

P.S. Possibly you could get job of driving a truck although your age for that might work against you.

 



Editor's notes


John is writing to his son, Frank, about getting a job working on state roads. He mentions a 15 year old who already has one. One of the many differences in time and culture.


If you're new to this project, please consider going to our site and catching up with a few letters from the 1900-1910 era. The letters only take 3-5 minutes to read and you'll find the characters more fully develop if you read the letters chronologically.


John has excellent handwriting. However, in some instances, I cant decipher it. If I can't, I simply mark the spot with "xxx"s to signify thank the word isn't decipherable.


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