Edward Jones and Helen B. Williams letters 1908-1912 Williams, Edward Jones and Helen B. letters

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Edward Jones and Helen B. Williams letters 1908-1912 Williams, Edward Jones and Helen B. letters

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This collection consists of 10 letters Edward Jones Williams and his wife, Helen Burton Williams, wrote to her mother and sisters in Wisconsin between 1908 and 1912, while the couple lived in the Panama Canal Zone, where Edward worked for the Isthmian Canal Commission. The correspondence provides insight into their daily lives in Central America.

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