This collection is made up of 23 love letters that Sara Neal wrote to Edward Brown Rogers, her future husband, while he played baseball in Atlanta, Georgia; San Antonio, Texas; and Waco, Texas. She wrote about her social activities, travels, and daily life in Little Rock, Arkansas; Houston, Texas; Russellville, Arkansas; and Houston, Texas. She mentioned a trip to the circus, a recent peach crop, tennis, and other topics. Sara also discussed aspects of her upcoming wedding to Rogers, including their preferences for the number of guests, the possibility of going on their honeymoon in Texas, and her desire to marry as soon as possible. Her letter of April 2, 1910, contains examples of coded text.
Edward Brown Rogers was born on June 12, 1884 and lived in Russellville, Arkansas. In the early 1910s, he played professional baseball for the San Antonio Bronchos; he later became a lawyer in Russellville. He married Sara Elizabeth Neal on September 12, 1911, and they had at least two children, including Mary. Edward Brown Rogers died in San Antonio, Texas, on August 6, 1932.
