Name/Title
Letter: Sefton Stewart to Mother, September 7, 1917Entry/Object ID
D2021.1.1.27a,bDescription
Digital Artifact: One envelope containing a letter composed of one page. Written on British Army & Navy Leave Club Paris letter-headed paper in black coloured ink. The message was written by Richmond, ON resident Pte. Sefton Stewart while serving in the 13th Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada in France during the First World War. Addressed to Mrs. Jas. Stewart Richmond, postmarked army post office 7 SP 17.Subject Person/Organization
Margaret (Maggie) Stewart, Pte. Sefton Inglis StewartSubject Place
City
ParisCountry
FranceLocation
British Army and Navy Leave ClubContext
Letter from the First World War collection of written letters by Sefton Stewart, a Richmond, Ontario resident who served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War.Collection
Artefact Collection: PrimaryLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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LetterNomenclature Primary Object Term
CorrespondenceNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
13 Battalion, Royal Highlanders of CanadaLetter Details
Letter Date
September 7, 1917Postmark
Date and Time of Postmark
September 7, 1917Notes
Army Post OfficeStamp
Passed Field Censor 8481Sender
Name
Sefton StewartAddress
British Army & Navy Leave Club, ParisAddressee
Name
Mrs. Jas [James] StewartAddress
Richmond, Ontario CanadaPrimary Language
EnglishTranscription
Transcription
[Front of Envelope]
BRITISH ARMY & NAVY LEAVE CLUB - PARIS
O.F.S.
[Post mark] ARMY POST OFFICE S 5 [illegible] 7 SP 17 [abbreviated: 7 September, 1917]
Mrs. Jas. Stewart.
Richmond, Ont. [abbreviated: Ontario]
Canada.
[Post mark] [illegible] FIELD CENSOR 8481
""Via Ottawa""
[Back of Envelope]
[Post mark] RIC [RICHMOND] SP 25 17 [abbreviated: September 25, 1917] ONT [abbreviated: ONTARIO]
[Page 1 of 2]
BRITISH ARMY & NAVY LEAVE CLUB - PARIS
France, Sept. 7th, 1917 [abbreviated: September 7, 1917]
Dear Mother:-
Just a few lines to let you know everything is OK. hoping you are all the same at home, am now in Paris enjoying myself to the highest extent I tell you it is a fine city or ""Fr."" [abbreviated: French] ""tres bon"" [French meaning: very good] You can't imagine what it is like until visiting it.
I suppose there is some mail awaiting me at Batt. [abbreviated: Battalion] H.Q. [abbreviated: headquarters]. I think I answered your last letter just before leaving. It is now Sept. [abbreviated: September] school will have started once more, wonder what teachers they will have this year. George will want to stick to school as much as possible if he knows what is good for him. guess the people are all through with the harvest, had they much rain this year? There
(2) has been quite a bit of rain here this fall, which is going hard on the grain which is lying out there being such little help.
Well mother you would never know there was a war on here, so we have forgotten all about it for the ten days. was going to cable for a little money but there was little satisfactory as some of the lads had been waiting ten & twelve days, however we are having a good time as we are. Is George taking the horses to the fair this year, how is Pa's leg was it hurt badly? Excuse short letters, have seen so much, don't know what to write.
With Best Love To All.
Sefton.Transcriber
Nancy DaleLanguage
EnglishDimensions
Height
13.4 cmWidth
8.6 cmDimension Notes
2021-06-15
D2021.1.1.27a
\n EnvelopeHeight
24.8 cmWidth
16.2 cmDimension Notes
2021-06-15
D2021.1.1.27b
\n Measurements taken when unfolded.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Pte. Sefton Inglis Stewart, Margaret (Maggie) StewartRelated Places
Place
Country
France, CanadaCity
RichmondProvince
Ontario
