Charles Stevenson letter to Grandma - n.d.
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Send me that framed picture of Dorothy. I
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and I would not get there until midnight and a new ruling of our commander makes it compulsary that we leave on that 6 P.M. Union Pacific. Frances Morrison wrote Hallett for both of us to come there for a party last nite. He couldn
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lieutenant, so it is very improbably he will come to visit, altho on my next trip I may bring a private with me! My jaw has quit hurting, altho the dentist said I would have further trouble with the teeth! I just finished a letter to Aunt Kate. She speaks of 38 [degrees] below. 22 [degrees] is our record. No word from [Maurice] recently. It looks as if I will be here for four months yet. Many privates are leaving but no corporals or sergeants. Love Carlie
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| Title | Charles Stevenson letter to Grandma - n.d. |
| Creator | Stevenson, Charles |
| Source | Stevenson, Charles. Letter to Grandma. n.d. Stevenson, Charles S. Collection. 1979.24; 1982.202. National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Charles Stevenson wrote to his grandma about a quarantine for spinal meningitis. Stevenson enlisted in Kansas City, Missouri and became attached to Company A, 314th Engineers at Camp Funston, Kansas. Stevenson was shipped overseas on June 12, 1918 where he remained for the duration of the war. He arrived back in the United States on May 26, 1919. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States; Camp Funston (Kan.); Quarantine; Meningitis, Spinal |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 1979.24; 1982.202 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | n.d |
| Language | English |