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Letter from Keith Macgowan to his mother, France, December 12, 1916

A letter from Keith Macgowan to his mother. It begins ... "Dearest Mother: Nothing new to tell you. We are still in the same place & same billets. We expect to have a good bath in a few minutes down at the mines. The weather was fine yesterday but today cold & a slushy snow falling ... On our way across Canada we met girls at almost every stop and consequently gathered a lot of addresses. I only sent a card to one however & received an awfully nice letter from her. I met two of them together at Montreal and they afforded me an hours very pleasant conversation ..."

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 3 pages
Geographic Coverage Coordinates
  • 46, 2
Additional physical characteristics
  • Handwritten.
Physical Repository Collection
  • World of Mary's Wedding Reminiscences of World War One
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 1995-016
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Technical note
  • Migration metadata by KD.
Rights
  • This material may be protected by copyright. Personal use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Victoria is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from Special Collections and University Archives.
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