Jan Willem TeSelle Letters: 1923 – 1939

Jan Willem TeSelle left his farm in Fruitland Mesa, Colorado, in 1923, and accepted a call to return to the ministry in Matlock, Sioux County, Iowa.  His granddaughter, Jackie Fries Tamas, has possession of the following four letters written by Jan Willem — two from 1923 from Matlock, Iowa, and two from 1936-1939 from Firth, Nebraska, where Jan Willem eventually retired.

• From Matlock, Iowa:
  • Letter 1:  Written 16 January 1923 to his children on the farm in Crawford, Colorado
  • Letter 2: Written 30 April 1923 to his oldest daughter Lillie in Crawford, Colorado
• From Firth, Nebraska
  • Letter 3:  Written 29 February 1936 to Lillie and her husband Sherman Neilson, Pueblo, Colorado
  • Letter 4:  Written 7 February 1939 to his daughter Johanna Margaret and her husband Jack Fries

Follow the links above to read each letter, accompanied by a preface written by Jackie Fries Tamas, daughter of Johanna Margaret TeSelle Fries.