Robert Kirk Brady letter to Folks - September 19, 1917
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[September 19, 1917] Sat. nite - Dear folks: - Received your letters and certainly glad to get them. Glad that you all had a nice trip and enjoyed it so - also that you both are better pleased than you were before you came. I certainly did enjoy your visit down here - didn't have as much time to give you as I would have liked to but had to attend to duties first. am going to make good - got my suit today - fits fine - been lots of Rich people here this week - don't know when we will go to [Fort] Sill- Lt. Col. Clark leaves tonite for [Fort] Sill to take a course in muskery & drilling now with guns - getting along fine. I believe we are in the prize of everything - companies and battalions. Yes, papa if ou want to show that letter to mamma you can. glad she is better satisfied - no use to worry cause I am coming back a better man and with lots of good experience - fine training for any man - just leave it to me you will be proud of your son when he returns as a hero instead of a shirker- don't have to be rocked to sleep at nites - sleep fine and get up early and don't mind it - can you imagine me not minding to get up in the mornings - had a rain here
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this morn - or rather early this morn - was in charge of the guard for the regiment yesterday and last nite - didn't get wet - had my rain coat and boots - they sure are handy - am feeling fine - want you to take good care of the queen while I am away - going to try to get her to come down with a bunch of girls. would be a nice trip for them - not much news to write about. received the envelopes this morn - glad to get them. guess the children are busy studying these nites - yes I get the Richmond papers thru some of the boys - they get some and I always get a look at them - is business getting any better - it will begin to pick up now - will close and write again as soon as I can - Hello to everybody - write when you can. Tell all the children hello. Tell Ruth will try & answer her letter soon. always write to all of you in one letter - goodnight, Your loving son Kirk
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| Title | Robert Kirk Brady letter to Folks - September 19, 1917 |
| Creator | Brady, Robert Kirk |
| Source | Brady, Robert Kirk. Letter to Folks. 19 September 1917. Brady, Robert Kirk, Letters, 1917-1919. C0077. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this September 19, 1917, letter to his folks in Richmond, Missouri, Robert Kirk Brady spoke about their visit to see him at Camp Clark in Nevada, Missouri, and discussed possibility of moving to Fort Sill. Brady, a native of Ray County, Missouri, served in the 140th Infantry Regiment during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Military training; World War, 1914-1918; Fort Sill (Okla.); Clark, Bennett Champ, 1890-1954 |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Camp Clark (Mo.) |
| Site Accession Number | C0077 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | September 19, 1917 |
| Language | English |