Letter : to John Wilson

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Letter : to John Wilson

1916 June 28

https://tripod.brynmawr.edu/permalink/01TRI_INST/1ijd0uu/alma991003312749704921

Thanks Wilson for the letter and money he sent. He writes that he is "pretty lonesome...When I get settled up around here I am going away somewhere for awhile to get this blue feeling out of my mind...I will try to bear up under the crisis. I never was dealt such a blow as this one in all my career."

1 item (4 p. on double sheet) ; 17 x 26 cm. folded to 17 x 13 cm.

eng, Latn

Bryn Mawr College

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