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1934 April 20, Letter from Watson, Helena, Arkansas, to Mabel Francis Gray, Memphis, Tennessee.

Excerpt: "I got a notice from the jewelry house in New York today that they would ship the ring tomorrow or the next day. Shall I send it right on up, or wait until I come up myself? I hope you will like it. You see, I am taking it for granted that you will want it. Why should we wait? Can't we go ahead with our plans on next Friday nite just the same as if it were September? It could be done you know. I won't be satisfied until I KNOW that you are mine completely. I love you so much that I haven't been able to think of anything else since the other nite when you said that you would marry me. As the old saying goes 'If this is wrong please, God, help me to be worse than bad'. I have never been so happy or rather so blissful in my whole life. I think that when you said that you loved me that was the peak of my life's achievement. It was the utmost that I had ever wished for. If only you were here to be with me tonite then everything would be perfect. My family are very muchly pleased with everything that we have planned so far...'five minute interlude'...I just got thru talking to you over the 'phone and if there was ever anyone any happier than I am, I am sure that there was something wrong with them."

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sc.0072.01_004.002

Date

1934 April 20

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Correspondence--20th Century

Letter; 1934 April 20, from Watson to Mabel Francis Gray

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