Letter from Will to Eva: 8/10/1907
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A letter from Will, on a ship en route to his Army assignment in Cuba, to his youngest sister Eva, in Oberlin, Ohio.
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I like Will's diagram of how to back a boat out of a slip. So was this a method that was unfamiliar back in the days before cars became common? A comment here on Eva's later driving skill (or lack thereof) would be unkind, so I shan't make one.
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August 10, 1907
Dear Eva,
I got my packing finished yesterday and came down in the afternoon. I expected to find time this morning to make some purchases but I had none. It kept me busy getting my stateroom and getting my things on board.
I know you would have enjoyed seeing us sail. We had two tugs. I will try to show by successive diagrams how we did it. (See inside) We started at 1:10 and gave a very long blast on the whistle as we left. I expect to get the pilot to mail this.
We have a wireless station on board. It makes it seem as if you were pretty close to land. They send messages to all parts of the earth.
I sent home a box of things by freight. If you can use any of them do so. The old blouse contains two shades for the gas lamps. I would not open it up unless you wish to use them because it is so hard to pack them.
With Love,
Will, B B B B B B B B
P.S. We have a piano aboard but I won’t use it unless everyone else is sick. W.
Dear Eva,
I got my packing finished yesterday and came down in the afternoon. I expected to find time this morning to make some purchases but I had none. It kept me busy getting my stateroom and getting my things on board.
I know you would have enjoyed seeing us sail. We had two tugs. I will try to show by successive diagrams how we did it. (See inside) We started at 1:10 and gave a very long blast on the whistle as we left. I expect to get the pilot to mail this.
We have a wireless station on board. It makes it seem as if you were pretty close to land. They send messages to all parts of the earth.
I sent home a box of things by freight. If you can use any of them do so. The old blouse contains two shades for the gas lamps. I would not open it up unless you wish to use them because it is so hard to pack them.
With Love,
Will, B B B B B B B B
P.S. We have a piano aboard but I won’t use it unless everyone else is sick. W.
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The Ward Line
Wikipedia says:
The New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, commonly called the Ward Line, was a shipping company that operated from 1841 until liquidated in 1954. The line operated out of New York City's Piers 15, 16, and 17—land which later became the site of the South Street Seaport and also the Manhattan terminal of the IKEA-Red Hook ferry route. The company’s steamers linked New York City with Nassau, Havana, and Mexican Gulf ports.
Interesting that Will definitely states that they were at Pier 14.
Wikipedia says:
The New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, commonly called the Ward Line, was a shipping company that operated from 1841 until liquidated in 1954. The line operated out of New York City's Piers 15, 16, and 17—land which later became the site of the South Street Seaport and also the Manhattan terminal of the IKEA-Red Hook ferry route. The company’s steamers linked New York City with Nassau, Havana, and Mexican Gulf ports.
Interesting that Will definitely states that they were at Pier 14.
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