The recipient of this letter, Emily Gladys Bartlett (1891-1968), lived in Holyoke, Massachusetts, during World War I. Her fiance, Edward Roswell Wirt (1891-1942), of Lowell, Massachusetts, served in the army during the last year of the war in 1918. He wrote her a series of letters between April 29, 1918 to April 10, 1919, telling of his experiences as a soldier and suggesting that she save the letters so that he could refer to them “as a diary of this affair.” There are ninety letters from Mr. Wirt to Miss Bartlett in the PVMA collection, some of which are included on this site.
Wirt, Edward Roswell. WWI letter to Emily Gladys Bartlett. April 29, 1918. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l01-010/. Accessed on December 20, 2024.
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