Letter frpm Marjorie C. to Blanche Nutting, 1918 November 24

Collection Name:

Nutting Family Correspondence, 1898-1926

Title:

Letter frpm Marjorie C. to Blanche Nutting, 1918 November 24

Creator:

Unknown

Creator Role:

Author

Accession / Call Number:

2003.002

Object ID:

2003.002.07.13

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

1918 November 24

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Letter from Marjorie C. to Blanche Nutting. Majorie asks if Blanche is still doing volunteer nursing or if she stopped because of Armistice Day. She tells Blanche how her brother has just been called up the week before with the Army but because of Armistice Day he is know no longer going. She mentions a wedding she has been to recently and that she is grateful there are not more of them because of finances. She also asks for the influenze epidemic is in Nashua, because she tells that she is told it is not as bad in Springfield, there have been deaths occuring. Apparently the ban due to the influenza has been lifted and she has been able to attend church and to see a film with Charlie Chaplin. She wonders if Blanche is looking forward to Thanksgiving and condcludes her letter that she is enclosing a negative for Blanche. Letter is dated 1918 November 24, envelope is postmarked 1918 November 25.

Subjects:

Armistice Day , Church , Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 , Motion picture film , Thanksgiving Day , Weddings , World War, 1914-1918

Locations:

Nashua, NH
Springfield, MA

People:

Bickford, Blanche Downs, 1897-1991 , Chaplin, Charles Spencer, 1899-1977

Organizations:

United States. Army

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

The Nutting Family Correspondence was purchased by the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

1