Robert Kirk Brady letter to Mother - January 20, 1918
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[January 20, 1918] Dear Mother: - Today I believe is your birthday - Fifty one years of age - but that is not old - you are just in the age when nearly all of your children are grown and can cease their worrying you - they are now where they can be a help - and I hope that all of us will be. I beign the oldest should take the lead. I have seen life from both sides and have profited by it. You should be a happy mother for you have a son who is under the Stars and Stripes ready at a moment's notice to lay his life into the hands
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of the U.S. If Allan was in the age I would want him in the same place as I am - Your hair has turned to silver some caused by worry - Mother, do not worry, keep yourself in the best of health for after peace is declared we all will be back together - I intended to get you something down town but did not know exactly what to get so I am sending you the money - get what you want. My wish for you Mother is that you may enjoy the very best of health and live to see this day pass each year for years to come. Your loving son, 1st Lieut. Robert Kirk Brady, Co "G" 14th Inf. [January] 20th 1917.
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| Title | Robert Kirk Brady letter to Mother - January 20, 1918 |
| Creator | Brady, Robert Kirk |
| Source | Brady, Robert Kirk. Letter to Mother. 20 January 1918. Brady, Robert Kirk, Letters, 1917-1919. C0077. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this January 20, 1918, letter to his mother in Richmond, Missouri, Robert Kirk Brady wrote wishing her a happy birthday. 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; United States. Army. Camp Doniphan (Okla.); Fort Sill (Okla.) |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | C0077 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | January 20, 1918 |
| Language | English |