Ernest McKeighan letter to Family - ca. May 1918
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May [1918] Dear Wife and Daughter Am sailing this date. It is not permited to say what boat or the destination. Be of good cheer and keep a stout heart. Have placed in the mail a card issued by the Red Cross, which will tell you when I have safely arrived. Also placed telegram in the mail pouch which may be placed on the wires on our arrival. This would reach you sooner than the card and I wanted to get the word to you as soon as possible Please call Annie on the long
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distance phone and give her the news when you get it. Cannot write the many things I should like to as this must be left unsealed and those who censor it would probably think it very silly, suffice to say that I love you both to the uttermost and await with confidence, the time when I return to you. Father.
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| Title | Ernest McKeighan letter to Family - ca. May 1918 |
| Creator | McKeighan, Ernest |
| Source | McKeighan, Ernest. Letter to Family. ca.May 1918. Ernest E. McKeighan Papers. 2005.14. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Ernest McKeighan sent this letter to his wife and daughter and notified them that he was sailing overseas. McKeighan served as part of Company E, 110th Engineers, 35th Division during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Division, 35th; World War, 1914-1918--Transportation; World War, 1914-1918--Censorship |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 2005.14 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Language | English |