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Title
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Letters, Sept 10th, 1911_001
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Alternative Title
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Letters, Sept 10th, 1911
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Date
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Sept 10th, 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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1 On board R.M.S.”Teutonic”
Sept. 10, 1911 American excursion in two years from now. Let her “R.I.P.” and to “return to our mutton,” the estate was beautiful, stretching for six miles in one direction & three in another. I am a socialist, however, in feeling the injustice of one man’s owning all this & reserving it from agriculture & the use of the many. We had afternoon tea on the lawn under the beechwoods & then were taken by auto to the station, after warm farewells & expressions of mutual pleasure. Wednesday was our last evening together. I cut dinner, as I begin to find it necessary to do & utilized the hour saved, in packing. I joined the party, later, as they had finished dinner & were amusing each other by doing a “stunt” of a speech or poem or song. It was very jolly. I made quite a hit with my speech: it was one I had been conning over during most of the trip, as one was apt to be called on at any time. Fritz was delighted with my success. It is not often that I am asked to bring
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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