Clarence A. Cannon Letter to Mary Lee Wilson - May 6, 1918
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THE SPEAKER'S ROOMS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, D.C. May 6th 1918 Miss Mary Lee Wilson, Greenville, [Mississippi] My dear Miss Wilson:- Speaker Clark has just received the enclosed letter from the War Department. It adds little to what you already know, but it is all the information available from any source. According to the judgment of the best informed men in military circles here Capt. Hardesty has been captured uninjured by the Germans and will be exchanged in the course of a month or two. Sincerely yours, Clarence A. Cannon per I.W.C.
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| Title | Clarence A. Cannon Letter to Mary Lee Wilson - May 6, 1918 |
| Creator | Cannon, Clarence A. |
| Source | Cannon, Clarance A. Clarence A. Cannon Letter to Mary Lee Wilson. 6 May 1918. John Franklin Hardesty Papers, 1867-2007. A2293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | John Franklin Hardesty entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps and volunteered to serve as a surgeon with the British Army during WWI. In March of 1918, he was captured by Germans in Amiens, France. Hardesty was imprisoned at Ratstatt and Villingen Prisoner of War Camps for eight months. In this letter Clarence Cannon, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., wrote to Mary Lee Wilson regarding Hardesty's prisoner of war status. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--France; World War, 1914-1918--Germany; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | May 6, 1918 |
| Language | English |