Letter to Palmer Campbell of Hoboken on American Lead Pencil Co. letterhead from company official, Hoboken, Oct. 28, 1918.
Entry/Object ID
2007.012.0017
Scope and Content
Letter to Palmer Campbell of Hoboken on American Lead Pencil Company letterhead from a company official (signature not legible), Hoboken, October 28, 1918. Photocopy of letter.
In a reply to a letter of the 25th from Campbell, the write sending his regrets he cannot attend a Committee on War [World War One] Work meeting due the the "enormous amount of our people being sick at the present time in nearly every department. We have over three hundred employees sick at the present time."
The illness referred to was probably the Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918.
Acquisition
Accession
2007.012
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Museum Purchase.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1918 - 1918
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1918
Date(s): 1918-1918
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: Original is probably in collections of Hoboken Public Library.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2007-02-17
