— Jackson
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Document date
Sunday 9th of September 1917
Transcription Notes
Rise early as we intend to take boat to Malowby[?] walk to St Helens, interview Aunt Mar [Dunagan], and then catch afternoon train from St Helens on to Jackson. They charge us 2.25 [dollars] per day for our rooms & keep — each of us — 22.50 in all. I pay by cheque which is promptly refused. Unhappily I have only just enough cash to pay so have to get Revd Patterson to endorse my cheque, which he kindly did without murmur! Then to station with luggage to get tickets & cheques and afterwards just catch boat by the skin of our teeth. Aunt Mar surpasses herself and sings me a dozen more fine songs. We get to Jackson and a very comfortable hotel — as things go in these parts, called the Jefferson — at 5.30. Have a nice room in which after a good dinner & bath I write up my tunes and seven or eight letters. Weather very hot, but it is nice to be cleansed again!Location
USA : Kentucky : Beattyville [37.5717532,-83.7068597]
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