Letter from Alvin Russell Davis to Addie Erwin, 1918 November 28
- Collection Name:
- Alvin Russell Davis Correspondence
- Title:
- Letter from Alvin Russell Davis to Addie Erwin, 1918 November 28
- Creator:
- Davis, Alvin Russell, 1897-1960
- Creator Role:
- Author
- Accession / Call Number:
- 2023.057
- Object ID:
- 2023.057.12.14
- Date:
- 1918/11/28
- Type of Material:
- textual record
- Physical Description:
- 1 letter
- Language:
- English
- Scope and Content:
- Letter from Alvin Russell Davis at Base Hospital 20 in Châtel-Guyon, France, to his mother, Addie Erwin, in East Sullivan, NH, dated November 28, 1918. Alvin writes of their Thanksgiving dinner, enclosing a menu and describing the decorations in the dining room. He notes he is still in the hospital and hopes to get back home to the United States soon. Alvin writes that his company is currently in Germany, so he does not know where he will go if they release him. He also writes of all the people he has sent letters to. This letter is on American Red Cross letterhead.
- Subjects:
- Correspondence, World War, 1914-1918, Thanksgiving Day, Food, World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals
- Locations:
- Sullivan, NH
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- Credit Line:
- Gift of Vanessa Murphy.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Item
- Box Number:
- 1
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