Edwin B. Babbitt letter to Mrs. Clarke - October 24, 1917
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Washington D.C., October 24, 1917. My dear Mrs. Clarke: I received a telegram from Powie some time ago, and your letter of the 22d on the same subject, namely, his disappointment in being in a class that will receive commissions as Second Lieutenants only, when he had reason to believe that he would be commissioned as Frist Lieutenant. I endeavored to send him a telegram on this subject yesterday, but it was returned to me with the statement that he could not be located. I hope that this letter will have a better fate. Upon receipt of Powie
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Doug Laskin [Long Island New York][September] 16th 1917 Cheer My Dear Elsie; You must be in St. Louis by this time, so I write to [ms illegible: 1 wd] a [ms illegible: 1 wd] It is for Powie & comes, through his Grand Mother, from his Uncle Michael Boyce
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| Title | Edwin B. Babbitt letter to Mrs. Clarke - October 24, 1917 |
| Creator | Babbitt, Edwin B. |
| Source | Babbitt, Edwin B. Letter to Mrs. Clarke. 24 October 1917. Clarke, Powhatan Papers. A0293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Edwin B. Babbitt sent this letter to the mother of Powhatan Clarke and stated that her son was not commissioned as a First Lieutenant, but a Second Lieutenant. Included in the letter was an enclosure to Elsie dated September 16, 1917. Clarke served with the 21st Aero Squadron and Labor Bureau A.E.F. during Word War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Military commissions |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI; United States. Army. Aero Squadron, 21st |
| Site Accession Number | A0293 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | 1917 |
| Language | English |