Two letters, describing invitations to resume her singing and discussing her preference for singing blues over ballads. 8 September 9 September E5,000/7,500 8 September. 6 pages on 6 sheets. Peter is in the hospital and she begins the letter asking

Two letters, describing invitations to resume her singing and discussing her preference for singing blues over ballads. 8 September 9 September E5,000/7,500 8 September. 6 pages on 6 sheets. Peter is in the hospital and she begins the letter asking about his health andtells him about a chicken gumbo recipe. Mentions that a guitar playerfrom Beaumont has asked her to sing, but she is hesitant to do so. Writes that a newspaperman in Austin who is also a jazz musician made an offer for her to sing, too, and that a coffeehouse in Beaumont where she once sang has a blues piano player they want her to meet andthat she is going to sing with him that night. 9 September. 5 pages on 5 sheets. Describes Hurricane Betsy alert. Reports on her visit toa Beaumont coffeehouse to sing with blues piano player Patty Green. Writes that she is excited that she has improved her guitar playing enough to back herself while singing ballads. But writes that she likes performing the blues much better.