Paul Henderson letter to Elizabeth C. Clarke - January 2, 1923
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[Post Office Department letterhead] January 2, 1923. My dear Mrs. Clarke: I have your note of December 28th. Since I wrote you on December 18th I have frequently thought of you and of your son, and of the effort which you are making to possess yourself of more definite information relative to his military service. You know, of course, that I regret exceedingly that our search did not develop any more definite information relative to the man whom we were endeavoring to locate. Along the line of the general situation which you find yourself in, I am going to take the liberty of making the following suggestion: You know, and I know, and all of us know who were intimately acquainted with your son, just how devoted he was to his country during the war and just how whole-hearted was his service. All of us who knew him well knew of his industry, his devotion to duty, and his resourcefulness. All of this leads me to wonder of it may not be a mistake for us to search further for any written or printed testimonial of these facts which we all know so well. In other words, should we not be satisfied with the things which we, who really knew about him, know
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[page 2] but I simply write as I have because it is the way I feel. Sincerely yours, Paul Henderson Mrs. Powhatan Clarke, The Buckingham Annex, St. Louis, Missouri.
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My dear Col H. [ms illegible: 1 wd] [January ] 27 I want to apologize for not answering your letter of [January] far sooner; but we have been very busy straightening out [ms illegilble: 2 wds] It was very kind of you to write me your opinion and I appreciate the personal interest so much, as it is just what I need consider the circumstance from we who knew my son and who appreciated his manly character. In the present, there seems nothing else to do. I am afraid you misunderstood just the point I was working in asking for information. It was to prove positively only are a two facts as a [ms illegible: 1 wd] of government recognition of those citations. That was why I [ms illegible: 1 wd] to reach the man whom I was told knew these facts. I consider my Son
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| Title | Paul Henderson letter to Elizabeth C. Clarke - January 2, 1923 |
| Creator | Henderson, Paul |
| Source | Henderson, Paul. Letter to Elizabeth C. Clarke. 02 January 1923. Clarke Family Manuscript Collection, 1540-1926. DOC MSS 30. Saint Louis University Library and Special Collections, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Powhatan Hughes Clarke served with the 21st Aero Squadron and the Labor Bureau A.E.F. during World War I. He died from tuberculosis August 20, 1920. Clarke's mother, Elizabeth Clemens Clarke, corresponded with her son |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Medical Care; World War, 1914-1918--Chemical Warfare; Gas; Tuberculosis; World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, American |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | DOC MSS 30 |
| Contributing Institution | Saint Louis University Library and Special Collections |
| Copy Request | Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Please contact the Saint Louis University Archives for details at 314-977-5516, or tachee@slu.edu. |
| Rights | Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Please contact the Saint Louis University Archives for details at 314-977-5516, or tachee@slu.edu. |
| Date Original | January 2, 1923 |
| Language | English |