Letter from Roxey Roach to Nelle Stewart, 1910 June 11

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Letter from Roxey Roach to Nelle Stewart

Date1910 June 11

DescriptionA 10-page letter with envelope (not shown) written by Roxey Roach to Nelle Stewart, June 11, 1910. The letter is handwritten on 6 pages, with four being front and back, and the letterhead is from the Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, MI. Roxey writes to tell Nelle that they had a terrible lost to Detroit the night before. The players were really down but they had poor plays and bad baserunning. One of the player's was surprised that Roach was taken out of the game since he was playing so well. He writes that four boys who were in Jersey City together, stick together. He writes that Detroit is a nice city and they were headed to Cleveland then Washington, where he would get to see her. He tells Nelle that he hopes she feels better and signs the letter "Wilbur," his given name.

Object numberBL-2018-00063-004

Correspondent Roach, Roxey, 1882-1947

Addressee Roach, Nellie, 1885-1925

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Subject Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 290 Roxey Roach letters

Dimensionsw x h (6 pages): 6 x 9.5 in. w x h (envelope): 6.5 x 3.5 in.

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