Thanks to Gloria Belo for a copy of an undated note written by Starr Hickok Barnum 2nd to May L. Barnum. They were first cousins once removed. The note reads:
Dear Cousin May,
Your note and picture came some days ago and I thank you so much for the same and assure you that I think highly of it. Grandpa and Grandma tell me you gave them a most pleasant day at Middletown a short time ago. Thanking you again for the picture I am
Most Sincerely
Starr H. Barnum 2d
Sunday