John Haworth Drewry Letters
Letters from John Haworth Drewry to his parents. Learn more.
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THE CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN SERVICES LTD.
MANAGERS AND AGENTS FOR CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY OCEAN STEAMSHIP LINES. THE ALLAN LIKE STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED.
RMS Missanabie
September 20, 1917
Dearest Mother,
Here we are moving slowly down the old St. Lawrence, on our way to Quebec. We left Toronto yesterday morning about 9:30 and arrived in Montreal at 6:00 in the evening. Some of us went into the Windsor Hotel and had dinner and loafed around till 8:00, when we reported at the dock and found that we were to go on this boat, the nicest that sails from Montreal.
Last evening I did up a photo and mailed it to you. Hope you will like it. I gave one to Uncle Fred and one to the Smiths. Both Uncle Fred and Aunt Jessie seemed to like it. They said
BC Archives, 93-6553 Box 4 DREWRY FAMILY Selected Correspondence, 1917 – 1919.