1919 French High School Student to American Correspondence Letters w/ Photo XX for Sale

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1919 French High School Student to American Correspondence Letters w/ Photo XX:
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1919 French High School Student to American Correspondence Letters w/ Photograph

1919 High School French English Student Correspondence Letters to American French Student w/ Photograph

A pair of correspondence letters from French High School student Cherese Maisonny, to American High school student Miriam Graves of Walpole, New Hampshire. The covers are nicely written calligraphy.

The Contents of the first letter is as follows:

Addressed To: Miss Miriam Graves, Walpole, New Hampshire, R.F.D.I Box 8 \"U.S.A.\"

Addressed From: Mlle Chérèse Maisonny, Que Isaline. Aix-les-Bains Lavoie. (France)

Aix-les-Bains, France
March 8th, 1919

Dear unseen friend,

I just received from my English Professor you\'re most welcome and kind letter of January 20th and I am surely very pleased to hear from you.
That is a real joy for me to correspond with you but your mail takes a long time to come \"over here\" I answer as soon as I get it. Would you like me writing in English or French? For the time I shall write to one part in English and one part in French but the next time I shall write you as you prefer. I think that is a necessary I should introduce myself to you. I hope that every letter we shall write to each other we shall know ourself better. Like you I am 17 years old I have my father and my mother a sister and a brother I live of the House of my father who is contractor. My sister is 15 years old. She is going to school my brother is 9 years old. In the war I have a cousin of mine who is 22 he is an aviator officer he has taken part in every great battle and has been for years and a half as an aviator in the war.
I have spent five years at high school and passed all my examination at present I am taking some lessons at school for type writing shorthand accounts and English. At home I continue my lessons of piano. I am very glad to know your sister is studying music at the New England Conservatory of Boston because I like music very much. Does your sister play violin or piano? Do you study also music?
I also like to paint very much. I paint Landscapes and flowers so if you like I shall send you one of my paintings. If I\'m not asking too much I would like to have one of your photos and I will send you one of mine as soon as they are ready as yesterday I had my photo taken. Now, Dear Miss Miriam if this was in French it would be composed better than it is as I am only learning English and I am trying my best to write in English.

(She then continues the letter in French which is viewable in the image section)

Contents of the second letter, which includes a photograph of Cherese.

Addressed To: Miss Miriam Graves, Walpole High School, Walpole, New Hampshire, U.S.A.

Addressed From: Chérèse Mai?onny, Que Italine Aix-les, Bain?t Savoie, France

Aix-les-Bains, France
Ma7 26th, 1919

My Dear Mirriam,

I just get you\'re most welcome letter of April 24th and you guess that I am very pleased to hear from you. How long do my letters take to arrive to you? Tell me to correct your mistakes in Friends but I shall be glad if you want correct mine in American. Your French is very good you have only few mistakes which I style explain you. ( She lists the sentences in French which must be corrected) Have you understood all the French in my first letters and the description of my time which I have written in French I understand all of your letters. I like very much music especially violin and piano but I play only piano like my sister. I don\'t play violin but I have a friend girl who plays violin fine I accompany her with piano. My father plays flute I shall be glad to send you one of my paintings. We shall have soon vacations then I will paint for you. What will you prefer a painting of a landscape or a flowers? I was delighted in finding in your letter some nice flowers grow on the mountains in the country also May flowers. I send to you a pansy and they don\'t forget me not which have a grown in my garden.(She then continues the letter in French which is viewable in the image section)

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