Molony, William O'Sullivan, Letter, 1914

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to his cousin Charlotte

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Case Study: 
A British Teenager Caught Up in the First World War: William O’Sullivan Molony
Creator: 
Molony, William O'Sullivan
Source: 
letter
Date: 
1914
Place: Berlin [using family letterhead from England]
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Contributer: 
McMaster University Libraries
Rights: 
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.

Identifier: 
00000460
Language: 
eng
Type: 
image
Format: 
jpg
Transcript: 

[Tucked into the diary is the following letter. Although written on letterhead of his mother’s home in England and not dated, this letter was written in Berlin after the departure of his cousin Charlotte for America in the autumn of 1914 and before his internment in Ruhleben Camp in November 1914. Presumably he was arrested before he could post it.]
Telephone 288 Eastbourne
Redmont, Trinity Place, Eastbourne
My dear Charlotte
I am doing as I said I would, by writing every Wednesday and Saturday. I expect you will have a heap of my letters to read, when you reach Eagle Pass.
I have so very little news to give. I went to see Miss Slocum last night, and we had such a nice talk—about art, society and the British Diplomatic Service.
She has a very fine voice and almost more ambition than I have.
[The letter also concludes on this page as Molony has run out of space on page 3]
N.B. I was to have gone to a bridge party with the Vice-Consul and Harvey the secretary of [the] Embassy but I wasn't feeling up to much.
Don't forget Saturdays 9 p.m.
Charlotte kiss your little hand thousands of times -- from me and your lips too -- if you can.