Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family
Title
Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family
Creator
Bouman, Jon Anthony, 1873-1958
Identifier
WWP23063
Date
1919 September 2
Description
Letter from Jon Bouman to his family.
Source
Gift of William C. and Evelina Suhler
Subject
Correspondence
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
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
Place de la Bourse Paris
Sept. 2, 1919
Dearest;
I had to finish the letter to the bairns yesterday rather hurriedly, as I was interrupted and so had no time to put in a line to your dear self. There is good news, the New York office has consented to pay your fare to The Hague and back, so I will send you that money with my next remittance; it may buy some clothes for the winter for yourself or the children, only it won’t go very far, I’m afraid, yet it is better than nothing. Although of course it doesn’t nearly cover all the expenditures I have been at in our displacements. Tell me (for I have forgotten) how much your fare was from The Hague if you remember. Of course I can only charge your expenses, not the children’s fares; that would be rather overdoing it. From my records I find that when I went to The Hague, I charged the office £5.8.11 expenses which included all, so I suppose I could fairly double that. Only I want to know how much your fare was approximately, so as to compare, before I make out the bill. You might return that note from New York.
I also send a letter to from Crouch. It would be invidious to make any comment on it, seeing the man’s natural grief, but Frank Grundy to whom I showed it, made a remark that had also suggested itself to me, and I guess you will think the same, although you may not care to say so!
I suppose you don’t see the Sunday Times which Fred G. writes for, so send you a clipping (keep it or throw it away). It seems to me pretty small beer!
Another bit of luck – a cheque from Maples for three shillings and sixpence dividend!!!
Topping and his wife seem to have fixed things up at the last moment – or at least they are together again.
Glad to hear good news from Newcastle – Uncle Ned seems to be able to “go it.”
Here I am called off again. Hope the babes hugged you “good and hard” which I would do if I were with you!
Love from thine Jack
Sept. 2, 1919
Dearest;
I had to finish the letter to the bairns yesterday rather hurriedly, as I was interrupted and so had no time to put in a line to your dear self. There is good news, the New York office has consented to pay your fare to The Hague and back, so I will send you that money with my next remittance; it may buy some clothes for the winter for yourself or the children, only it won’t go very far, I’m afraid, yet it is better than nothing. Although of course it doesn’t nearly cover all the expenditures I have been at in our displacements. Tell me (for I have forgotten) how much your fare was from The Hague if you remember. Of course I can only charge your expenses, not the children’s fares; that would be rather overdoing it. From my records I find that when I went to The Hague, I charged the office £5.8.11 expenses which included all, so I suppose I could fairly double that. Only I want to know how much your fare was approximately, so as to compare, before I make out the bill. You might return that note from New York.
I also send a letter to from Crouch. It would be invidious to make any comment on it, seeing the man’s natural grief, but Frank Grundy to whom I showed it, made a remark that had also suggested itself to me, and I guess you will think the same, although you may not care to say so!
I suppose you don’t see the Sunday Times which Fred G. writes for, so send you a clipping (keep it or throw it away). It seems to me pretty small beer!
Another bit of luck – a cheque from Maples for three shillings and sixpence dividend!!!
Topping and his wife seem to have fixed things up at the last moment – or at least they are together again.
Glad to hear good news from Newcastle – Uncle Ned seems to be able to “go it.”
Here I am called off again. Hope the babes hugged you “good and hard” which I would do if I were with you!
Love from thine Jack
Original Format
Letter
To
Bouman Family
Files
Collection
Citation
Bouman, Jon Anthony, 1873-1958, “Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family,” 1919 September 2, WWP23063, Jon Anthony Bouman Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.