Mary Bouman to Jon Bouman
Title
Mary Bouman to Jon Bouman
Creator
Bouman, Mary
Identifier
WWP23010
Date
1916 March 20
Description
Letter from Mary Bouman to her father.
Source
Gift of William C. and Evelina Suhler
Subject
Correspondence
Contributor
Rachel Dark
Denise Montgomery
Language
English
Provenance
Evelina Suhler is the granddaughter of Jon Anthony Bouman and inherited the family collection of his letters from the years of World War I. She and her husband gave the letters to the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum in 2013.
Text
30 West Hill
Highgate N.
March 20th, 1916
Dear Daddy,
I hope we will soon be over beside you. We have had a lovely time at Newcastle. Little Arthur is such a big boy now and he is such a jolly chap. They are all well.
We have seen Howard and Marjorie. We spent a day there. The little baby, she is such a dear.
Grandma has such a nice flat. Bekker is such a big boy now. I was so sorry to have to leave Newcastle. We saw such a lot of floods as we came in the train, some nearly as big as the Thames.
Love from Mary,
to Daddy
Highgate N.
March 20th, 1916
Dear Daddy,
I hope we will soon be over beside you. We have had a lovely time at Newcastle. Little Arthur is such a big boy now and he is such a jolly chap. They are all well.
We have seen Howard and Marjorie. We spent a day there. The little baby, she is such a dear.
Grandma has such a nice flat. Bekker is such a big boy now. I was so sorry to have to leave Newcastle. We saw such a lot of floods as we came in the train, some nearly as big as the Thames.
Love from Mary,
to Daddy
Original Format
Letter
To
Bouman, Jon Anthony
Files
Collection
Citation
Bouman, Mary, “Mary Bouman to Jon Bouman,” 1916 March 20, WWP23010, Jon Anthony Bouman Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.