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Size | 30 items |
Abstract | James Francis Mays, Jr., of Lexington, N.C., son of Maud Walton Mays and James Francis Mays (1860-1938). Thirty letters mainly from Mays to his parents and his sister, Kate Mays, from the army during and after World War I. Mays wrote from signal training camp and from his tour of duty in France in 1918 and 1919. He was injured by a passing train in 1919 and spent time recuperating in several Red Cross hospitals in the United States. The collection includes a few letters between Mays's father and mother, one from his father to Mays, and a few pages of notes on the possible reasons for the train accident. |
Creator | Mays, James Francis. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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James Francis Mays, Jr., of Lexington, N.C., son of Maud Walton Mays and James Francis Mays (1860-1938).
Back to TopThirty letters mainly from Mays to his parents and his sister, Kate Mays, from the army during and after World War I. Mays wrote from signal training camp and from his tour of duty in France in 1918 and 1919. He was injured by a passing train in 1919 and spent time recuperating in several Red Cross hospitals in the United States. The collection includes a few letters between Mays's father and mother, one from his father to Mays, and a few pages of notes on the possible reasons for the train accident.
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