1917-1918
Starkey, Teddy, fl. 1917-1918
Autograph letter signed
Title: Dear Folks
One undated letter from Teddy Starkey to his family. He outlines his plans to visit a congregational church at Essex Junction that night and how those plans were derailed by a quarantine going into effect. "we can't leave camp now until further notice. There is a quarantine on in our camp about 300 medical men because one of the boys was taken to the hospital with spinal can't spell mangenus" meaning spinal meningitis. He also mentions that this is the third case and the other two died. He writes that they can't go anywhere but their own camp, even to the post exchange. He mentions his tent…
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