Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Month: July 2025

  • Artifact 1940-11-15-a – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

    Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman – November 15, 1940

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    Aldershot England
    November 15/40

    Dear Franc:-

    Here it is after lights out & I’m sitting up alone writing to you. I have already written to Onn. & Eva & I couldn’t go to bed without writing you. After the four nice letters I received from you this morn.

    At last our mail came in & I got 14 letters How’s that for getting mail eh? I got your 4, 3 from Onn. 1 from Marg. and Charlie,1 from Wilbur and Gladys, 1 from Josephine Wride in Kingsville 1 from Dot Sweetman, 1 from Mildred Spence, 1 from Chip, & 1 from Pearl. & I was really tickled too. Just imagine going 2 weeks without any mail

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  • Artifact 1940-11-14-a – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

    Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman – November 14, 1940

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    Aldershot Eng
    November 14/40

    Dear Franc:-

    Well I haven’t written you for a couple of days now. I still haven’t received any mail from you. But the mail man brought in 28 bags of mail to-nite So I expect a couple letters from you to-morrow. When he gets it sorted out. That seems like a lot of mail (28 bags) But then we haven’t had mail for 2 weeks & there is over a thousand men.

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  • Artifact 1940-11-11-a – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

    Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman – November 11, 1940

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    Aldershot England
    November 11/40

    Dear Franc:-

    Well here is another rainy nite.  It has rained all day long. & it’s so darn’d miserable to-nite.  Well it isn’t ever funny.

    I started to write you last night. But got discusted over not receiving any mail.  So I burned it. & I still haven’t received any.

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