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Title |
1918 letter from nurse Lettie Wadsworth to her family shortly after end of WW I |
Object Name |
Letter |
Catalog Number |
2024.0006.0135 |
People |
Wadsworth, Lettie Myers, John L. Myers, Sue Ann |
Date |
1918 |
Scope & Content |
A December 29, 1918 letter from Lettie Wadsworth, a nurse stationed at a hospital in France with the U. S. Army Nurses Corps, to "Dear Folks at Home." The armistice ending the war was declared on November 11. She wrote about a leave she had and a trip to Paris. She said she saw "President Wilson, Gen Pershing and the other powers that be." This letter may have been published in Odon Journal newspaper. In 2024 John & Sue Myers on behalf of the Odon Journal donated this letter to the Daviess County Museum. |
Search Terms |
Wadsworth Family Odon Journal |