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Title
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Letters, Aug. 29th, 1911_002
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Alternative Title
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Letters, Aug. 29th, 1911
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Date
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Aug. 29th, 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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2 and going to bed. There were only four and six-berth cabins, so he bunked with five other men, while Mrs. Cowles & I roomed with two strange women. It seems as tho’ the steamship managers do their best to create proper conditions for sea-sickness. Of course the more people sick, the fewer meals to provide, and the more fees for steward & stewardess! So we are furnished various and sundry smells, & warm water to drink. The bunks are made up with the covers folded in at the sides on top of the mattress, so one gets into a sort of bag and after a normal amount of turning over during the night, soon has all the covers in a heap, while he spills out at the ends & edges. Then the blanket is arranged with the folded edge at the top & one must either have all the covers on or none at all. The pillows! Hard? I am sure a pillow fight with them would be deadly thing! Mrs. Cowles woke up with a very stiff neck, and I
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Rights
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