Ernest McKeighan letter to Carrie Lou McKeighan - August 27, 1917
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DeAR LITTLE CARRI LOU MOTHER TELLS ME YOUR VACCINATION WAS SUCCESSFUL, FOR WHICH I AM GRATEFUL. SHE ALSO SAYS YOU ARE HELPING A GREAT DEAL. FATHER IS CONFIDENT YOU WILL BE A GREAT COMFORT TO THE DEAR MOTHER AND I. IT HAS WARMED UP AGAIN AND OVERCOATS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE EXCEPT EARLY IN THE MORNING I KEEP THE DEAR LITTLE VALENTINE YOU SENT ME, ON MY DESK WHERE I CAN SEE ITA LL THE TIME. HOW DID YOU LIKE THE INDIAN PURSE?
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[page 2] I AM VeRY, VeRY ANXIOUS to see you, LITTLE SWEETHEART. HOW DO you GeT ALONG, KeePING House? GIVE MY ReGARDS TO GRANDFATHeR AND GRANDMOTHeR TeLL MOTHeR TO GIVe YOU A TIGHT HUG AND A LOT OF KISSeS FOR Me AND YOU SLIP UP TO MOTHeR AND WHISPeR LOVe FROM Me INTO HeR Ear YOUR DeVOTeD FATHeR
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[envelope] LAWTON [August] 27 6 - PM 1917 [Oklahoma] MRS CAPT McKEIGHAN 1810 EAST 49TH ST KANSAS CITY [Missouri]
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| Title | Ernest McKeighan letter to Carrie Lou McKeighan - August 27, 1917 |
| Creator | McKeighan, Ernest |
| Source | McKeighan, Ernest. Letter to Carrie Lou McKeighan. 27 August 1917. Ernest E. McKeighan Papers. 2005.14. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Ernest McKeighan sent this letter to his daughter, Carrie Lou, from Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma. McKeighan served as part of Company E, 110th Engineers, 35th Division during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Camp Doniphan (Okla.) |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 2005.14 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Rights | The text and images contained in this collection are intended for research and educational use only. Duplication of any of these images for commercial use without express written consent is expressly prohibited. |
| Date Original | August 28, 1917 |
| Language | English |