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Title
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Letters, July 25th, 1911_007
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Alternative Title
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Letters, July 25th, 1911
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Date
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July 25th, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am
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Transcription
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7 The boat trip on the Rhine was very interesting as far as Boma; The natural scenery cannot compare with that of the Hudson for beauty, but the castles, old & new are very interesting & picturesque & teeming with legend. Bishop Hatto ‘s tower represents one of the most familiar of these. The passengers on the steamer were Germans, eating all day (more or less) some French and a large number of Americans. We were surprised to run across the young girl & her mother who sat at our table on the Pretoria! We also made acquaintance with some very attractive people near us — a minister & wife from Albany . The day was extremely warm & would have been unendurable on a train. It seems as through the American heat wave has crossed the ocean & we are “getting” it here, as the records for several years are being broken. Near Cologne , a thunder-storm broke, but did not seem to cool things off to any extent. It served, however to spoil our plans for the time at Cologne before the train should leave. However we
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Rights
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