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Title
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Letters, Sept 10th, 1911_007
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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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7 gry for home food, & just about loathe the things we have to eat. It’s a great joy to realize that land will be in sight to-morrow & then only two days more on the river. If it were ten instead of two!! Our cabin has proved quite comfortable, but a sea-journey is full of discomforts at best, so I hope future ones can be taken in outside cabins on a better deck. There are plenty of nice people aboard & hundreds of books. We chat a little, but spend most of the day on deck, wrapped in many layers, reading. To-day , I wore winter underwear, tights, a corduroy gown, a sweater, a winter coat, & a steamer rug; a toboggan cap, veil & fur-lined gloves & was quite cosy & warm. Thursday a.m. Thanks be! We are in the river at last! I must confess to a feeling of nervousness last night when the ship “smelt” an iceberg. It was pitch dark outside, what with the heavy fog & and the night. The near presence of the berg made the air bitterly cold, & the ship moved continously along. The prospect of bumping a mountain of ice in the dark & the cold was not exactly cheering & I slept lightly. I woke at twelve to find the engines quiet & a peculiar
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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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