Pitcairn, Gertrude (Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn) (1855-1898)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1855-04-21 - 1898-03-27
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Edith Abell to Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn, 1870-05-02
Item
Identifier: Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Edith Abell at 173 Charles Street to “Gertie” Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. “C. V. Mills Congress” seal pressed into upper left corner.
Edith, busy with preparations, has failed to keep up her correspondences. She recently saw Mr. Nadleigh at the Apollo Club rooms, and he asked her to send regards to Gertrude. She trusts Gertrude’s mother “has less care” than last time she saw her, when she was very charitably hosting the Pendletons. Edith and her mother are moving to...
Dates:
1870-05-02
Letter from Pauline Starkey Wells to Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn, 1875-10-04
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Identifier: Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Pauline Starkey Wells in Woodside, CA to her sister, Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn.
Pauline has been very busy picking apples this week because Uncle Robert couldn’t find another man to help Albert Green with the harvest. She has spent quite a bit of time with Green, which he has evidently been enjoying. Pauline writes about Green, “He really behaved beautifully, and if I had not been so well brought up I wouldn’t answer for the consequences.” However Green has advised...
Dates:
1875-10-04