Object details
Object number
ARC.001595
Creator(s)
Howard Goding
(Dedham, Massachusetts, 1893 - 1981, Plymouth, Massachusetts)
Title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Fort Devens, Massachustts
Date
11 October 1918
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Stationery printed: Army and Navy / Young Men's Christian Association / "With the Colors"
Stationery printed: To the Writer: Save by Writing on Both Sides of this Paper. / To the Folks at Home: Save Food, Buy Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps.
Inscribed in pencil (bottom right): [Goding]
Envelope Printed: [insignia] / YMCA / "With the Colors"
Envelope stamped (recto): Fitchburg. Mass. / Devens branch / Oct 12 / 630 AM / 1918
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