Correspondence, to Mary Snowden Cairns from Elizabeth Cairns, 1905 July 30

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Correspondence to Mary Jay Snowden Cairns from her daughter, Elizabeth Walker Cairns, 1905 July 30. Elizabeth was writing to her mother from Zurich, Switzerland. She updates her mother on her Italian adventures, leaving Italy via boat and train, and staying in Lugano, Switzerland before traveling to Zurich, Switzerland.

She speaks of how the hotel proprietor in Lugano tried to charge them more for their stay beyond the agreed upon amount. The police were called and "it ended in our getting the better of the hotel proprietor by 20 francs, catching our 11.14 a.m. train for Zurich, which he had been trying to make us miss, and leaving in good spirits and with flying colors. I reckon it will be a cold day in July before he trys to tackle American women again. He was hoping mad, but would do nothing, for we had him in our power. We found some charming Americans on the train, which made our trip pass pleasantly & then we were going through beautiful country."

Mary Jay Snowden Cairns was the sister of Robert Bogardus Snowden and Elizabeth Walker Cairns was the niece of Robert Bogardus Snowden.

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sc.0065.002_006.003

Date

1905 July 30

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Cairns, Mary J., 1846-1930., Correspondence.

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"Correspondence, to Mary Snowden Cairns from Elizabeth Cairns, 1905 July 30" (2023). Documents. 29.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-rbsnowdenfamily1/29