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Letter to Michael Gladden Jr. from H. R. Mason on Behalf of Ella Walls
Collection
The Ella Walls Collection
Format
Original ruled paper
Date
c. 1931
People
Ella Walls; Ella Wall
Michael Gladden Jr.; Michael Gladden
Location
Apopka, Florida, United States of America.
Historical Background
A letter to Michael Gladden Jr. from H. R. Mason on behalf of Ella Walls. In this letter, Ella Walls requests 6 lbs of flour for 25 cents, lard in a package for 13 cents, hog liver for 10 cents, and an unreadable item for 10 cents. For this transaction, Ella Walls' total is 58 cents.
Ella Walls (1874-1938) was an entrepreneur and businesswoman of Apopka who served as the inspiration for a character in Zora Neale Hurston's novel Mules and Men. Walls was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1874 and moved to Apopka as a widow. Throughout her lifetime, Walls purchased four parcels of land. She operated an orange grove and also constructed small wooden buildings that she rented out to migrant workers. Walls was also a close friend and confidant of Michael Gladden, Jr. up until her 1938 death.
Transcript
6 lb flour 25
lard in package 13
hog liver 10
[?] 10
Ella Walls 58
H. R. Mason
