Letter to Gertrude Porter Ashley

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Written with his own brand of humor, this April, 1918, letter from Tom Ashley to his mother in Deerfield, Massachusetts, describes the place where he is living and includes prevailing attitudes of the French people toward Americans. He includes his version of some of the French customs and describes the Gallic landscape, comparing it to a section of Deerfield (the Old World), while also confessing what is most on his mind – that “everyone is crazy to get at the Germans.”

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Item typeLetter
AuthorAshley, Thomas Williams
Date1918-04-23
PlaceFrance
TopicMilitary, Wars, Battles
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
EventWorld War I. 1914–1918
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatHandwriting
Dimension detailsProcess Material: manuscript, paper, ink Height: 10.25 in Width: 6.50 in
Catalog #L01.042
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Ashley, Thomas Williams. Letter to Gertrude Porter Ashley. April 23, 1918. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l01-042/. Accessed on October 7, 2024.

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