Letter and Envelope, Percy R Manson
Maker
Manson, Percy Robert
Production date
1917
Object detail
Brief Description
Letter and envelope from Percy R Manson.
a) Letter from Trooper Percy Manson to his mother written on 12 June 1917 from Palestine. The letter reads:
Dear Mother
Just a few lines in answer to your most & ever welcome letter which came to hand last Thursday.
I am keeping in the best of health & hope you are keeping the same. The weather is very hot now here while in NZ being winter I suppose you are having it wet & cold. The flies are thicker here than anywhere else we have been. At meal times we have to cover our tea over & then when one lifts the cover off to have a drink about twenty flies want a drink at the same time & fall in it. I suppose Walter will have left NZ before this. Is he in the Mounted Rifles or the infantry. I had a letter from Vin the other day, he is still I France & keeping in the best of health & wishes to be remembered to you all. How is the garden getting on now, I suppose the weeds are very thick now. How is Clive getting on at his new job. I suppose he has grown quite a man now. The war does not look like coming to an end yet, but I suppose the Huns cannot last for ever. It’s nearly three years since it started. Well I think I will have to close now. Hoping this will find you in the best of health as it leaves me.
I am Your loving son
Percy R Manson.
b) Military issue envelope for use on active service. Addressed to Mrs S Manson.
a) Letter from Trooper Percy Manson to his mother written on 12 June 1917 from Palestine. The letter reads:
Dear Mother
Just a few lines in answer to your most & ever welcome letter which came to hand last Thursday.
I am keeping in the best of health & hope you are keeping the same. The weather is very hot now here while in NZ being winter I suppose you are having it wet & cold. The flies are thicker here than anywhere else we have been. At meal times we have to cover our tea over & then when one lifts the cover off to have a drink about twenty flies want a drink at the same time & fall in it. I suppose Walter will have left NZ before this. Is he in the Mounted Rifles or the infantry. I had a letter from Vin the other day, he is still I France & keeping in the best of health & wishes to be remembered to you all. How is the garden getting on now, I suppose the weeds are very thick now. How is Clive getting on at his new job. I suppose he has grown quite a man now. The war does not look like coming to an end yet, but I suppose the Huns cannot last for ever. It’s nearly three years since it started. Well I think I will have to close now. Hoping this will find you in the best of health as it leaves me.
I am Your loving son
Percy R Manson.
b) Military issue envelope for use on active service. Addressed to Mrs S Manson.
Collection
Production date
1917
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Pencil on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Length x Width: 199 x 135mm
Length x Width: 153 x 103mm
Length x Width: 153 x 103mm
Signature/Inscription
Tpr P R Manson, Inscription, Handwritten
Mrs S. Manson, Napier Terrace, Napier, NZ, Inscription, Handwritten
13 Ju 17 / Field Post Office, Stamp, Stamped
Mrs S. Manson, Napier Terrace, Napier, NZ, Inscription, Handwritten
13 Ju 17 / Field Post Office, Stamp, Stamped
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1917
Credit line
from the Viv Millin Collection
Other number(s)
m2002/25/390, 70158
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