James William Milton Folder #13 (9 -18) (World War I letters from 1917 through Jan. 1919

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

ARC60m

Scope and Content

Collection of items related to James William Milton: All of these letters were contained in a GTE envelope with the following notation in C.D.G.M.'s handwriting: "Aug. 8, 1979. / I have read all / letters in this box. / These are some of most interest. / D.G.M." Undated letter to "Mother", written from Camp Lee, Petersburg, VA (no envelope) Christmas gift tag "To Mother & Father. / From Jim." Oct. 29, 1917 letter to "Mother & All", written from Camp Lee, Petersburg, VA (no envelope) Oct. 31, 1917 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Camp Lee, Petersburg, VA Nov. 11, 1917 letter to Mrs. John Milton, and enclosing a letter to Joe (Joe Milton was J.W.M.'s younger brother), written from Camp Lee, Petersburg, VA Dec. 28, 1917 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Camp Greene, Charlotte NC Jan. 5, 1918 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Camp Greene, Charlotte, NC Feb. 14, 1918 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Camp Greene, Charlotte, NC Feb. 27, 1918 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Camp Greene, Charlotte, NC April 19, 1918 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Somewhere Over Sea July 8, 1918 letter to Mrs. Ada [John] Milton, written from Somewhere in France, and enclosing a newspaper clipping entitled "Trench Poems" Aug. 12, 1918 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Somewhere in France Oct. 26, 1918 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Somewhere in France and enclosing a "CHRISTMAS PACKAGE COUPON" Nov. 7, 1918 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Somewhere in France Jan. 25, 1919 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Base Hospital, Beaune, France Jan. 30, 1919 letter to Mrs. John Milton, written from Base Hospital, Beaune, France

Acquisition

Accession

311

Source or Donor

Milton, Jeral A.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1917 - 1979

Archive Size/Extent

folder is approximately 1/2" thick

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1979 Date(s) Assembled: 1917 -1919 Appraisal: To be held permanently in the Jefferson County Museum. Associated Material: Old Charles Town Library's Perry Room has copy of The Milton Family (genealogy) by Ethel Milton Hughes. Call # LR929.2H. Level of Description: Series