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"Dear Mother" Letter

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Title

"Dear Mother" Letter

Subject

Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969)
Toms Brook (Va)
World War (1939-1945)

Description

Letter sent by Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his mother Mary Hines of Toms Brook Virginia.

Creator

Joseph M. Hines

Source

Folder 1.7: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval Hines and Mary Hines, 1944, Joseph Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

March 30, 1944

Contributor

Susan Hines

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Language

English

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Text

Letter:

Dear Mother,
Well I got your letter yesterday saying that you heard from me again. Now I’ll try to write more often. You were right about Edgar [Mynes, Myers, now has “s”]. He is Ok. About that book it will get to you eventually. I don’t know where you could write about it. Tell everyone I got the cards and things but not till I got here. Erma mother says you are a lady of 13 now. I thought of you on your birthday and the boys all say you look 16 in your picture and have the looks of the family.
Dad have my guns ready when I get home. I want to do some hunting.
Love,
Joe

Original Format

V-Mail Envelope and Letter

Citation

Joseph M. Hines , “"Dear Mother" Letter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 25, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/11632.

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