Name/Title
May/June 1919 letter pg#7Entry/Object ID
2024.1007.218.7Description
7th page of 7 pages compiling John Lamson's letters to his mother from May 10 to June 4, 1919. Letters written "at sea"
Material on this page were written on June 4, 1919.Context
Battleship Texas regularly worked on landmark achievements in aviation throughout the Atlantic Ocean from January 31 to June 4, 1919.
John Lamson was a MM1c on Battleship Texas from May 1917 to June 1919. Throughout his time on Texas, he sent a letter to his family at least once a week, often more. Longer stretches of absence are explained either by movement across the Atlantic, or with the Grand Fleet.
Battleship Texas had her own post office. All mail passed through a censor before leaving the ship. Once the package is checked, it was stamped with a “U.S.S. TEXAS” stamp. If in a port, mail could carry the markers of the post office on shore.Collection
Collection (John F. Lamson), Historical CollectionsLexicon
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Category 08: Communication Objects
