E. L. Nugent Letter to John Franklin Hardesty - July 6, 1929
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NUGENT & O'HARA INVESTMENT BUILDING WASHINGTON July 6, 1929. Dr. J. F. Hardesty, 1021 Missouri Building, St. Louis, [Missouri] Dear Sir: Thank you for your affidavit under date of the 2nd instant relating to the claim of Lieutenant Izac which is receiving our attention. It is likely that we will have occasion to communicate with you again during the course of the next few days. Yours very truly, E F. Nugent
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| Title | E. L. Nugent Letter to John Franklin Hardesty - July 6, 1929 |
| Creator | Nugent, E.L. |
| Source | Nugent, E.L. Letter to John Franklin Hardesty. 06 July 1929. 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. Hardesty corresponded with the men he was imprisoned with for many years after their release from prison. In this letter, E.L. Nugent, Eduoard V.M. Isaacs' lawyer wrote Hardesty about his clients case against Germany for cruel and unusual punishment during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Germany; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners; Escaped prisoners |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | July 6, 1929 |
| Language | English |