Letters to Ann Henry, 1940-1949.

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Letters to Ann Henry, 1940-1949.

The collection consists of letters from E. Peter Street to Ann Henry from 1940-1949. Written from Great Britain, the letters contain descriptions of the war and life in Britain with comments on social and political matters including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, post war Europe, and Great Britain's presence in India.

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Street, E. Peter.

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E. Peter Street of Great Britain, Major with the Royal Engineers during World War II. Met Ann Henry of Macon, Georgia when touring the United States in 1939 as a member of the debate team of Exeter College, Oxford University. From the description of Letters to Ann Henry, 1940-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476730 ...

Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers

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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...