“Come to think of it the letters are what you might call a record of our acquantance. They begin just casually and then become more and more ‘friendly’. It’s very interesting to see how it developed into our ‘mutual feeling of affection of the present.'”
Scans of Jim’s twenty-ninth letter to Thelma.
In May 1947, Jim’s younger sister Mary was diagnosed with Tuberculosis. He writes about a visit with her in his March 1, 1948 letter. A family history written by Jim’s older sister sheds more light on a family tragedy.
“I miss you very much tonight for some reason honey. I wish I could talk with you and go for a walk or something. I’m in that kind of a mood. I love you very much, darling, more than this paper or pen can say.”
Scans of Jim’s twenty-eighth letter to Thelma.