Letter to General Crowder from L.E. Lovell - June 23, 1918
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Cushing, [Oklahoma] 6/23-[1918] Mr. Crowder Washington D.C. Dear Sir:- I am deeply in trouble and am writing you to see if you can be of any assistance to one who is deeply in need of assistance, My home is 8 miles east of Eufula [Oklahoma], and have had to leave my children, and break up my house account of my husband gambling and mistreating me and not providing for us. If I repromanded him for gambling and not providing for the family I was knoked down and beat around by him and he would threaten my life if I told it. So I ran away and am at My Sisters now. We have live together 20 years in [August] next.
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and the last 5 years he has taken to gambling and mistreating me. Myself and Children have had to make the living and If we got anything above a bare existence, he would gamble it away. He is 42 years old, I am not asking you to take my word for this But am giving you the names of my Neighbors who know Circcumstances. Mr. J.D. Dorse, Sam Dorse, John Westbrook. Mr. Morgan Oghs, all the above get their mail at Eufula [Oklahoma] & John Carter, Jim Smith. Same address. They sugested me writing you, saying Such men should be in military Service and that you had made a ruling to that affect, So please Mr. Crowder if you can do anything of me, so I can be with my Children do so, I have worked hard to try to get along but the last 5 years has almost been starvation, Regarding my character Refer you to any one in Neighborhood. Enclosed is self addressed envelope of Reply Yours Truly, Mrs L.E. Lovell Route 1. Box 76: A
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I can work and make a good living for Children, if I could only be with them in peace, as long as I stayed with him I could not have nothing done withe him for if I had attempted it he would have killed me,
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| Title | Letter to General Crowder from L.E. Lovell - June 23, 1918 |
| Creator | Lovell, L.E. |
| Source | Lovell, L.E. Letter to General Crowder. 23 June 1918. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this letter, L. E. Lovell wrote General Enoch H. Crowder and asked him to draft her husband at the age of 42 because he was mistreating her and their family. This document is part of a collection compiled by Enoch Herbert Crowder, the Edinburg, Grundy County, Missouri native who served as Judge Advocate General. Crowder devised the Selective Service Act in 1917 which drafted America's forces during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Crowder, E. H. (Enoch Herbert), 1859-1932; Draft; World War, 1914-1918--Public opinion |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | C1046 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | June 23, 1918 |
| Language | English |