Unknown Date XVI

Most Beloved

Bronisia! Dearest and most precious treasure mine, you are my life, you are my everything in this world I send you my warm greetings and kiss your sweet little mouth like that on this post card. Yours Forever,

Teodor

Goodbye, treasure, keep yourself well, only I beg you don’t worry without need because you worry, even if I don’t see it, then however my heart feels it

Goodbye, Sweetheart

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Unknown Date XV

I don’t have much more of anything interesting to write, just I greet you and kiss [you] a million times and similarly I beg you very much don’t be sad because I love you ardently. Oh! I love you from [my] heart my Bronisia, when you are happy, then also I am the same. But when you say that for you there’s

Nothing to be happy about, that you are always [so] sad that already no one comforts [you], at that time you poison my heart so powerfully that my life is simply torment. Be healthy Bronia keep yourself well and [don’t][1] be sad anymore, that I very much beg you

I remain forever faithful and loving you, Teodor

Goodbye, [my] heart XXXX

                                XXXXXX

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[1] The word “don’t” appears to be missing

Unknown Date VII

Winthrop, ME

Brighten your face,[1] my dear angel. Stop shedding tears, longing and being sad after all, we have already lived through many bitter moments. Let’s begin today to hum a song of hope beloved Broninieczka, I beg you, don’t despair God will comfort us, perhaps not long,[2] this all depends on you. Be healthy, I wish you the best success. I send warm wishes.

Goodbye

Theodor 6/12[3]

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[1] Literally “forehead”

[2] i.e. soon

[3] = Dec 6th

Unknown Date IX

The Day 20

Most Beloved Bronisia

My dearest treasure, I wish you from my whole heart happiness[1], health, the best[2] prosperity and also I desire ardently to keep[3] you, dear heart, always happy like a nightingale singing in the hazelnut trees[4] because when I see you sad then I feel a great pain in [my] heart I wish you Happy Easter [and] happy amusements. I remain forever

T.G.

Loving you until the cold grave

Goodbye [my] heart XXXXXX

I kiss you warmly XXXXXX

In the address line—

For my Darling

Bronisia[5] Ru

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[1] Or “good fortune”

[2] Literally “good”

[3] Literally “have”

[4] Or “branch”

[5] Last vowels inflected for the genitive case (=Bronisi)

Unknown Date VI

Winthrop, ME 4/11[1]

Beloved Bronia

My downcast heart does not feel much more than sorrow, and sadness poisons all my days. I greet you warmly and kiss [you]

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Theodor G.

My Beloved Bronislawa Rudnicka

Woodhaven

NY

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[1] = Nov 4th

Unknown Date V

Dear Broninieczka

When I address you with words, like these here in this card, do you boldly reply to me? Or are you lost in thought, like that girl who stands beside that young man?

Theodor

The Honorable Miss Bronislawa

Winthrop

ME

Unknown Date IV

13[1]

My Beloved Little Heart

I’ll inquire about your dear health and prosperity I am, thank God, healthy, which I also wish for you, and my prosperity you yourself perhaps know how that Sunday, it then went so sadly for me. I was thinking only of you, my little flower, [and] whether for a long time yet I would have to be so alone. I greet you warmly and send you [my] deepest regards, I kiss you a million times.

Yours forever, Teodor Gee[2]

Goodbye [my] heart XXXX

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[1] A part of a possible date?

[2] This looks more like the (English) name for the letter “G” spelled out using Polish orthography than the letter “G”