Elizabeth Clarke letter to Powhatan H. Clarke - March 23, 1919
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[New Cochran Hotel letterhead] March 23 [1919] Dearst This morning brought your letter of [February] 20th 22nd no 44 & you can imagine how glad I was to hear some definite news of you. It is such a dear letter, opening up your heart to me in your power mainly now. First, I will try to answer your question You say
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I want you to come home as soon as possible. I thought then that coming home to settle the estate was the most important thing that could occupy You Just now with nothing to hold your interest on the other side. I have read your letter over & over trying to get completely in touch with you & your [ms illegible: 1 wd] & understanding & admiring the way you feel about things. Since reading your letter I suppose if you can come home in two or three months [ms illegible: 1 wd] you have accomplished what you were aiming at & think that it will not reflect on you in any way, then I want you to come, but I feel that the detail of everything
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that you cannot tell me would explain to me whether or not it would be a good thing for you to come at that time so I feel I have no right to say positivly. Come home as soon as possible. If by coming then you would Jeopardize anything you have worked so hard to accomplish & have taken such pride & satisfaction in doing; of if you consider [ms illegible: 1 wd] still have work to do according to your ideas [ms illegible: 2 wds] yourself. Then I say for the present leave things alone
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details that you think he gave me that might guide me in deciding positivly one way or the another. Important thing like this. You see if you weigh these two sides from my view point, which ever you decide is best for you will be what I want you to do, because you have the information & I have not. When you come home I want you to feel satisfied with yourself. Whenever you have accomplished what you started out to do & can leave
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[page 2] [New Cochran Hotel letterhead] I know you will understand why I couldn
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it will be to Your own advantage. Of course, if this should mean you could come home sometime in June it would be very nice; but as I said before, if it is to your advantage to wait til September, I [ms illegible: 1 wd] be wanting in my duty to you to [ms illegible: 1 wd] for these few months. [ms illegible: 2 lines]
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I have read your cable, monthly letters over & over again, I am afraid with a shade of sadness to think you could have ever donated your real self & only wish I could have been near you to show you [ms illegible: 1 wd] & to clear all your doubts. I have always known- that underneath that buoyant, proud & pleasure loving appearance, was a mature [ms illegible: 1 wd], have & mainly a soul of honor & a heart of gred. I had to stiffen the wiggly little [ms illegible: 1 wd] sometimes, although I feel my own could well be under suspicion & was afraid you [ms illegible: 1wd] active that it was badly in need of repair.
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[New Cochran Hotel letterhead] Dearest
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As I have said all along I can do so little for you & you deserve so much. The [ms illegible: 5 wds] but if you try to cut out things to make the money go further. I know many things are expensive over there & you aught to have every reasonable possible pleasure; so that I could fell very badly if I couldnt send you money for luxuries you could not get yourself. If there is any accounting to do, it will be time enough where you finally come home & he can but [ms illegible: 1 wd] it together. You see I have changed too I hope for the better I was to exacting when you weren
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x in reading over my letter I feel that it may not be entirely satisfactory to you, as I understand that you want me to decide posetively; but I don
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| Title | Elizabeth Clarke letter to Powhatan H. Clarke - March 23, 1919 |
| Creator | Clarke, Elizabeth |
| Source | Clarke, Elizabeth. Letter to Powhatan Clarke. 23 March 1919. Clarke, Powhatan Papers. A0293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Elizabeth Clarke wrote to her son Powhatan H. Clarke and told him that she understands if he needed to stay overseas until September. Clarke served with the 21st Aero Squadron and Labor Bureau A.E.F. during Word War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Soldiers--Social conditions--20th century |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI |
| Site Accession Number | A0293 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | March 23, 1919 |
| Language | English |