PS - Please thank Mrs. Mason for all her trouble, and I do hope you and I are going to be the best of pals.
Kindest Regards,
J.H.
My Dear Miss Simpson,
Many thanks for your nice long letter of Sept. 16th received all OK a couple of days ago. You may be sure I was delighted to have it, and it came as rather a surprise to me, somehow I thought when I wrote Mrs. Mason that letter I might get a letter back as an acknowledgment. ...
I am pleased she did so, and I have you to thank for accepting my request regarding a young correspondent. By your letter I see you have never paid a visit to the great Western country, since I would advise you to ... someday ... I am sure you should like it and I don't think you would ever return to Hamilton for good. What about those boy friends of yours, do they intend to return to the ...
The only dislike I have as regards the West is the Winters are too long and frightfully cold, of course there are all sorts of enjoyments such as snow-shoeing, skating etc. I remember passing through Hamilton some years ago when I first went to Canada from Scotland. You see I belong to the land of the heather.
Hughes, J., Letter, 13 October 1918
Case Study:
Socks for the Boys: Marion Simpson and the Knitters of the First World War
Creator:
Hughes, J.
Source:
letter
Date:
13 October 1918
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McMaster University Libraries
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Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
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00000243
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image
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