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May/June 1919 letter pg#4Entry/Object ID
2024.1007.218.4Description
4th 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 May 19 & 20, 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
