Letter from Will to Mama Margaret: 5/1/1903
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Will, just about to sail from San Francisco, California to the Philippines, writes to his mother, who is at home in Canton, Ohio.
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On board "Thomas"
May 1 11:45 AM
Dear Mother
I expected to write yesterday but was kept busy all day. Recd pouch, handkerchiefs OK. Didn't have time to send Alma money and didn't have much to send anyway. Will write from Guam.
With Love
Will
May 1 11:45 AM
Dear Mother
I expected to write yesterday but was kept busy all day. Recd pouch, handkerchiefs OK. Didn't have time to send Alma money and didn't have much to send anyway. Will write from Guam.
With Love
Will
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1.
On board "Thomas"
May 1 11:45 AM
Wikipedia says:
USAT Thomas was a United States Army transport ship purchased on 26 July 1898 for Spanish–American War service. Thomas served with the Army Transport Service (ATS) until retired in 1929.
The ship was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and launched as Persia in May 1894 for the Hamburg-American Packet Company (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfarhrt Aktien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG)) with service to New York.
and:
The United States Army Transport Thomas served in the Atlantic until fitted for Pacific service during 1899. At first the ship transported troops from New York to the Philippines via the Suez Canal with the first trip in November 1899 with 1,490 passengers. In 1900 the ship's capacity was officially given as 95 officers and 1,654 men. By 1901 Thomas was operating out of the ATS home port in San Francisco making routine trips to the Philippines.
2.
Recd pouch, handkerchiefs OK.
I don't know about the pouch. I don't even know if "pouch" was what Will wrote. But we saw the handkerchiefs at the other end, when Mama Margaret sent them - see:
I wrote to you a few days ago also sent a box with handkerchiefs hope you received them all right.
So the handkerchiefs were sent in a box, leaving me still in the dark about the pouch.
On board "Thomas"
May 1 11:45 AM
Wikipedia says:
USAT Thomas was a United States Army transport ship purchased on 26 July 1898 for Spanish–American War service. Thomas served with the Army Transport Service (ATS) until retired in 1929.
The ship was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and launched as Persia in May 1894 for the Hamburg-American Packet Company (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfarhrt Aktien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG)) with service to New York.
and:
The United States Army Transport Thomas served in the Atlantic until fitted for Pacific service during 1899. At first the ship transported troops from New York to the Philippines via the Suez Canal with the first trip in November 1899 with 1,490 passengers. In 1900 the ship's capacity was officially given as 95 officers and 1,654 men. By 1901 Thomas was operating out of the ATS home port in San Francisco making routine trips to the Philippines.
2.
Recd pouch, handkerchiefs OK.
I don't know about the pouch. I don't even know if "pouch" was what Will wrote. But we saw the handkerchiefs at the other end, when Mama Margaret sent them - see:
I wrote to you a few days ago also sent a box with handkerchiefs hope you received them all right.
So the handkerchiefs were sent in a box, leaving me still in the dark about the pouch.
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