Letter to Alexandra from Olga, year 1908

13 year old Olga wrote this letter to her mother on December 4, 1908. Legible despite spelling errors and broken English. Olga and her sisters were more used to Russian and were never very good with English, but they always put in the effort.

Sources:

Olga Grigoryeva at lastromanovs on VK

https://vk.com/lastromanovs?w=wall-56510987_24839

A Lifelong Passion, letters and diary entries compiled by Andrei Maylunas and Sergei Mironenko

The letter:

Ц. С. Четверг 1908 г. 4го Декабря

With all my heart I thank You sweetest Mama dear for Your dear little note and kiss You tenderly for it and will never through it away from me. I will trie to so do what You wrote to me in the little note. So sorry that never see You alone Mama dear, can not talk so should trie to write to You what could of course better say, but what is to be done if there is no time, and neight[er] can I hear the dear words which sweet Mama could tell me. Good-bye

God-bless You.

Kisses from Your very own devoted

daughter

Olga

Maylunas' and Mironenko's transcript of the letter:

With all my heart I thank you sweetest Mama dear for your dear little note and kiss you tenderly for it and will never through it away from me. I will trie to do what you wrote to me in the little note. So sorry that never see you alone Mama dear, can not talk so should trie to write to you what could of course better say, but what is to be done if there is no time, and neighter can I hear the dear words which sweet Mama could tell me. Good-bye.

God bless you. Kisses from your very own devoted daughter
Olga

Above: Alexandra.

Above: Olga.