Molony, William O'Sullivan, Diary, 30 July 1914

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W.O. Molony diary, [page 75]
Case Study: 
A British Teenager Caught Up in the First World War: William O’Sullivan Molony
Creator: 
Molony, William O'Sullivan
Source: 
diary
Date: 
30 July 1914
Place: Berlin
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Contributer: 
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.

Identifier: 
00000543
Language: 
eng
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image
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jpg
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[page 75]
Thursday July 30th 1914
I drove with Dorothy to the British Consulate-General, and interviewed Mr. Charlton. She was given a passport, but I didn’t think it necessary to have one. We went to Wertheim and bought a few things. I bought C. a small bottle of Sweet-Pea perfume, which is my favourite perfume.
In the afternoon, we all went to the Wannsee and took a motor-boat. Spent a glorious afternoon. I sat with C. most of the time and we had delightful talks. I took a great number of snapshots—I do hope they will turn out well.
When we returned whom should we see but Uncle Fritz. He had been cruising about on the Baltic as a military attaché to a flagship at Christiania. He had been called back very suddenly—he told me that things at present looked very serious between Austria and Russia,