Letter from Harry Massey to Barbara Massey

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Letter written by Harry Massey from the No. 6 Palestine company at the Bluffs to Barbara Massey.

This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.



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Letter No. 65

Monday Aug 4th

Major J.H. Massey 6 Palestinian Coy, The Buff U.E.F.

My own darling heart

I had a lovely p.c. from you today, of July 16th, which told me something about Marie's looks - 11 lbs 1 oz. dark grey eyes, well shaped eyebrows, a pinky brown colour - & not much hair. His hair will come along soon I expect & he sounds like a marvellous boy & I would give anything to see him & you. I wonder how his grandmother likes him. And you are able to fasten yourself up by the usual books again. What a marvellous change darling. To actually have Max as a fat little person to keep you company & at the same time not to have to cart him about inside you all the time. You must hardly know yourself. Any day now, your letters fro June & onwards must begin to arrive - I am longing for them.

Your last letter, darling, talked about what to do with all our wealth. I did write to you about this - & also Jimmy, I sent him an Airgraph, asking him to write & advise you, because I know so little about our shares just now. So, I hope by now that you will have heard from him, & that u will have been satisfactorily disposed of. An [Increase?] Tax table was published in General Orders the other day & it seems to me that we pay about £20 a month - more than a 1/4 of our taxable incoe. It seems an awful amount, but it nearly all goes to helping to win the war & so I suppose we must not complain. Your letter also told me about the duty you had to pay on the dressing gown & underclothes. I really do think they should allow us some freedom in sending presents home. I sent you another 'set' last month & 3 prs of stockings. And I still have another 3 prs here to send on to you. Shall I send them, darling, or hang onto them until I come home!

Please let know by p.e. I rather thought that stockings would be rather useful just now. I have also got a cheap massive bracelet & a cheap onyx ring for you, both feminite work & which I have sent on, & I hope you will like them. And I have sent you quite a lot of snaps lately, which I hope you will like. They are all these very Leida ones & I have sent the negatives in every case & you can have the ones you want enlarged. It really is disgraceful darling. That I have only had one solitary snap of you. No doubt my previous letters of complaint will by

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now have arrived & you have done something to rectify the matter.

I wonder what Max's nose is like. It is so hard to tell with a baby, but I do hope it will take after yours - not mine. And have you had him vaccinated yet? I'm sure you have, if it is the proper time by now. You must be sure & have some snaps taken of him with you & send them on to me. It might be nice too, to have a real photograph taken together. If you do, you must send it Air mail - the other is so awfully slow.

Do please go on writing as often as possible to me, sweetheart - & also send me pes. for the latest news. I get so unhappy & miserable when I have no letters from you, & if you can manage to write to me twice a week or 10 days, it does make all the difference in the world, to me. Its hard enough to stick this out as it is. Thank God the news is good. I really feel the war is won & it is now just a matter of how long it will trail on. God bless you from the bottom of my heart, Barbara sweetest.

XXXXX Harry.

[image: front of envelope, stamped & postmarked]

By Air mail

Air Mail Letter Card ___ If anything is enclosed this card will be sent by ordinary mail

Mrs. H. Massey Carseland Pillory Hill Noss Mayo N. Plymouth Gt. Britain

When folded the letter card must conform in size and shape with the blue border within which the address only may be written.

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