Name/Title
undated Lamson letterEntry/Object ID
2024.1007.223Description
Undated page written on "United States Ship Texas" bifold paper. Page marked 5, at top indicating it to be the third page in the letter.
Paper consistent with letters written between August 7 and September 3, 1917.
This page could potentially be the second page of the August 25, 1917 letter (2024.1007.23) which does not end on the first page.Context
The United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917. Battleship Texas and other American coal-fired dreadnoughts began making preparations to join with the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea and began their departure in September 1917.
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
