Powhatan Clarke letter to Jane - January 27, 1918
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January 27, 1918 Saint Maixent My dear Jane Well we
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[page 2] famous troops. At night you can feel the ghosts walking, or if you are in a different mood you can construct a million romances about the old pile. The men have strict instructions not to leave the barracks. I
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[page 3] I let loose with a string of perfectly idiomatic French. I forget what it was but it was something that ordinarily a person would not know unless they spoke pretty good French. Well! The old fellow went completely up in the air. He thought I could speak French fluently and was trying to have some fun with him by pretending not to. It took about 20 minutes to get back in his good graces. The towns here are certainly quaint places with their little narrow crooked streets and toy houses. I havn
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[page 4] a letter from me before you write for we don
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| Title | Powhatan Clarke letter to Jane - January 27, 1918 |
| Creator | Clarke, Powhatan |
| Source | Clarke, Powhatan. Letter to Jane. 27 January 1918. Clarke, Powhatan Papers. A0293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Powhatan H. Clarke sent this letter to Jane about his current living situation and an experience with an elderly French man. Clarke served with the 21st Aero Squadron and Labor Bureau A.E.F. during Word War I. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI; United States. Army. Aero Squadron, 21st; Censorship |
| Site Accession Number | A0293 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | January 27, 1918 |
| Language | English |