Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family
Title
Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family
Creator
Bouman, Jon Anthony, 1873-1958
Identifier
WWP23150
Date
1927 October 13
Description
Letter from Jon Bouman to his family.
Source
Gift of William C. and Evelina Suhler
Subject
Germany--History--1918-1933
Correspondence
Berlin, Germany
Contributor
Rachel Dark
Denise Montgomery
Austin Shifflett
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
Oct. 13, 1927
Dearest;
Herewith draft for £30 which I am rushing off in a great hurry. Yours of the 10th came yesterday. Sorry Mary is so disappointed but there may be other chances. I too had thought of consulting Mrs. Lochner but she is still away on holiday with her husband; they are due back end this week, and I don’t know whether I shall have an opportunity of seeing her before I leave. I will talk to Lochner about it.
Enclosed is a restaurant room at Büsum, the walls of which are entirely covered with shells of all sorts made into pictures, rare and wonderful to behold, with starfishes stuck on the ceiling. It’s the sight of the town, where there are no other sights.
This day week I hope to be en route. Just send me a postcard to acknowledge this. Once again we are in the throes of flying stunts, most trying.
Love to all, in great haste,
Thine,
J
Thine,
J
Original Format
Letter
To
Bouman Family
Files
Collection
Citation
Bouman, Jon Anthony, 1873-1958, “Jon Bouman to the Bouman Family,” 1927 October 13, WWP23150, Jon Anthony Bouman Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.