John Franklin Hardesty Receipt - December 20, 1918
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American Express Company PARIS OFFICE [December] 20th 1918 Received from (Regimental address) Home Address John F. Hardesty, Capt M.C.U.S.A. Description of baggage One box No 50 value 250 F Insurance From ALLEREY Addressed to For collection of same at Station, and storage in the Company's warehouse in paris And deposit as an advance charge on the above baggage To BE SHIPPED TO J.F. Hardesty, Capt M.C.U.S.A. Winfield, Missouri, U.S.A. A proper storage receipt will be remitted for baggage when same is in this Company's warehouse and this receipt should be exchanged for it. J. Bigard
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| Title | John Franklin Hardesty Receipt - December 20, 1918 |
| Creator | American Express Company |
| Source | American Express Company. John Franklin Hardesty Receipt. 20 December 1918. John Franklin Hardesty Papers, 1867-2007. A2293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | John Franklin Hardesty entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps and volunteered to serve as a surgeon with the British Army during WWI. In March of 1918, he was captured by Germans in Amiens, France. Hardesty was imprisoned at Ratstatt and Villingen Prisoner of War Camps for eight months. This receipt from the American Express Company, showed that Hardesty had his baggage shipped to Winfield, Missouri. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--France; World War, 1914-1918--Equipment and Supplies |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | December 20, 1918 |
| Language | English |