Numerous letters were sent by Bessie (MD29wife3) to her stepson Russell (MD41) after his father's passing. She was 40 years younger than Russell's father and Russell himself was about 10 years older than Bessie and you can tell from the letters she had more than step-motherly feelings for him. In this letter she thanks him for a calendar; discusses buying and building a house; discusses his brother Harry's spending capital (MD78); and covers several other topics.