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John Haworth Drewry Letters

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The Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Ltd.
 
The Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Ltd.
 
Managers and Agents for
 
Managers and Agents for
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Canadian Pacific Railway Ocean Steamship Lines,
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Canadian Pacific Railway Ocean Steamship Lines.
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The Allan Line Steamship Company Limited
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The Allan Line Steamship Company Limited.
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RMS [unclear]
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R.M.S.
 
October 5 1917.
 
October 5 1917.
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Dearest Mother:-
 
Dearest Mother:-
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    Here  we are about half way across the Atlantic - and no submarines yet. I am afraid you will be expecting my cable about this time; but it will be about four days yet before this letter can start back to you and in the meantime I will have cabled immediately on my arrival so you will hear of my arrival long before this letter reaches you.
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    There are [illegible] this convoy, under the sheltering wing of a good old [illegible], and we are steaming slowly along at almost ten knots an hour. When we get
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Here  we are about half way across the Atlantic - and no submarines yet. I am afraid you will be expecting my cable about this time; but it will be about four days yet before this letter can start back to you and in the meantime I will have cabled immediately on my arrival so you will hear of my arrival long before this letter reaches you.
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BC Archives 93-6553   Drewry Family
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Box 4                               Selected correspondence, 1917 - 1919.
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There are [illegible] in this convoy, under the sheltering wing of a good old [illegible], and we are steaming slowly along at almost ten knots an hour. When we get
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BC Archives, 93-6553
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Box 4
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DREWRY FAMILY
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Selected Correspondence, 1917 – 1919.

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The Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Ltd. Managers and Agents for Canadian Pacific Railway Ocean Steamship Lines. The Allan Line Steamship Company Limited.

R.M.S. October 5 1917.

Dearest Mother:-

Here we are about half way across the Atlantic - and no submarines yet. I am afraid you will be expecting my cable about this time; but it will be about four days yet before this letter can start back to you and in the meantime I will have cabled immediately on my arrival so you will hear of my arrival long before this letter reaches you.

There are [illegible] in this convoy, under the sheltering wing of a good old [illegible], and we are steaming slowly along at almost ten knots an hour. When we get

BC Archives, 93-6553 Box 4 DREWRY FAMILY Selected Correspondence, 1917 – 1919.