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Wonderful ALS signed “Patsy,” five pages, 5.25 x 8.75, July 31, 1957. Addressed from Winchester, Virginia, a handwritten letter to her fan club president, Treva Miller, in part (spelling and grammar retained): "Well, I received your letter and I'm sorry I haven't written sooner, but I had to take a little rest & then I had to go to New York for the 'Big Beat' Show, which I don't know if you seen or not, last Fri. Then Aug 10th I'm on the Ozark Jubilee again. My Album is out and a new single record 'Three Cig In An Ash-Tray' this coming Monday. They are puting out an L.P. & and an E.P. you know 4 songs on a forty-five speed. So maybe we will have good luck of some sort of out of 13 songs. I sure hope so. Sure is a bad time of the year right now. The work is really slowing down. All the Opry acts are out hunting work. So it's not only me that's slowing down. The Ozark Jub. is biding on a new A.B.C. net work show and if they get it, I'm sappose to work with them on it. How are you & the family? Tell them all 'hello' and tell Bruce also 'hello'…You ask for some money & I'll try to give you twenty dollars now and after I receive my check this Sat I'll send you $20.00 more for the months I've skipped paying you. You could help me by writing me & leting me know I've missed your $10.00 each month when I miss Treva. I have so much buiss to take care of. If you want any 8x10 pictures just let me know. I got 500 more. I've got a lot of letters to answer which I'm sending to you. Lot just want pictures. Well, I must close and get busy packing to leave with Charles this Mon, week for North Carolina to look for an appartment or trailor so I can move the first of Sept. Then next Fri. the 9th I'll leave for the Ozark Jubilee. Then my next stop is the Wisconsin State Fair in Wis. For 9 days there to Mississippi Fair with Eddy Arnold. And our house warming is Aug 29, 30 & 31st, so I hope on your trip you can stop by while the house warming is going on. I hope so, but you must stop. I'll be home from the State Fair the 26th and you can stop on the 29th or 30th. Well I must stop this time and get this off in the mail. Write real soon and I'll be looking for you both.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope hand-addressed by Cline, who incorporates her signature into the upper left return address field, and a first edition of the book Love Always, Patsy: Patsy Cline’s Letters to a Friend, which features this very offered letter.
On September 30, 1954, 22-year-old Patsy Cline signed her first recording contract with Four Star Music Sales of Pasadena, California. In turn, Four Star arranged a leasing and distribution deal with Decca Records. All but two of her recording sessions were produced by Owen Bradley in his Nashville studios. The two exceptions were the sessions of April 24-25, 1957, which were produced by Paul Cohen and held at the Pythian Temple Studios in New York City. Four songs were recorded each day. The four recorded on April 25th were ‘Try Again,’ ‘Too Many Secrets,’ ‘Then You'll Know,’ and ‘Three Cigarettes (in an Ashtray),’ the latter referred to in this letter. The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville was the home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1943-1974. The Opry then moved to the Grand Ole Opry House where it is still located, but shows honoring Patsy Cline are held at the Ryman. Ozark & Jubilee was a television show hosted by Red Foley from 1955-1961. It was first televised on Saturday evenings from 7:30 P.M. to 9 P.M. Every fourth week, a show called Grand Ole Opry was broadcast.
Cline writes that she is leaving with Charles for North Carolina. In 1953, Virginia Patterson ‘Patsy’ Hensley married Gerald Cline. Her marriage ended in divorce. On September 15, 1957, six and a half weeks after she wrote this letter, she married Charles Dick. In 1958 and 1959, her husband joined the Army and Patsy gave birth to her daughter, Julia. She returned to work after Charles returned from the Army and accepted a regular spot in the Grand Ole Opry. Her Four Star contract ran out and she was signed by Decca. Her many hits with Decca include ‘Crazy,’ ‘I Fall to Pieces,’ ‘She's Got You,’ and ‘Faded Love.’
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