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 Percy R Manson to his mother. Written while on active service in Palestine and dated 28 August 1917.
Dear Mother,
Just a few lines to let you know I am still alive & keeping in the best of health & hope you are keeping the same. Very pleased to get your most & ever welcome letter dated 12 June yesterday& to see that you have all been keeping in the best of health. I see by your letter that Walter has left NZ for the front. I don’t suppose I will see him as he will be going to England first to finish his training & then to France. He Might see Vin in France as I suppose he will know what he is in. I had a letter from Walter with the last mail & in it he did not mention his address or number, so next time you write send me his address so I will be able to scribble a few lines to him occasionally. The weather is just about the same over here. I am quite use to the heat now. I see in the papers that you have been having very wet weather in HB, and that some of the farmers have lost a lot of stock. How are the timber mills doing at Raurimu. I suppose Brick & Ernie will have to come to the war soon. I suppose all married men without children will be called up first. How is Alf & Stella & the two little snookers getting on. I have not seen any of them yet but I suppose they will be very spoilt. You would have quite a house full if you were to have all the boys home with their wives & kids now. The war does not look like if it is coming to an end yet, but I don’t suppose it can continue for ever. The weather if France has been very wet so I suppose that would hold up the offensive for a while. I was just reading in the paper where in NZ there is about two thousand parcels sent to Egypt every month for the troops here. I don’t know where they go to but we have never seen any parcels for month except what you have sent from home. Well Mother I think I will come to a close now as we have nothing to write about over here. So I hope these few lines will find you in the best of health as they leave me at present.
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 Percy R Manson to his mother. Written while on active service in Palestine and dated 28 August 1917.
Dear Mother,
Just a few lines to let you know I am still alive & keeping in the best of health & hope you are keeping the same. Very pleased to get your most & ever welcome letter dated 12 June yesterday& to see that you have all been keeping in the best of health. I see by your letter that Walter has left NZ for the front. I don’t suppose I will see him as he will be going to England first to finish his training & then to France. He Might see Vin in France as I suppose he will know what he is in. I had a letter from Walter with the last mail & in it he did not mention his address or number, so next time you write send me his address so I will be able to scribble a few lines to him occasionally. The weather is just about the same over here. I am quite use to the heat now. I see in the papers that you have been having very wet weather in HB, and that some of the farmers have lost a lot of stock. How are the timber mills doing at Raurimu. I suppose Brick & Ernie will have to come to the war soon. I suppose all married men without children will be called up first. How is Alf & Stella & the two little snookers getting on. I have not seen any of them yet but I suppose they will be very spoilt. You would have quite a house full if you were to have all the boys home with their wives & kids now. The war does not look like if it is coming to an end yet, but I don’t suppose it can continue for ever. The weather if France has been very wet so I suppose that would hold up the offensive for a while. I was just reading in the paper where in NZ there is about two thousand parcels sent to Egypt every month for the troops here. I don’t know where they go to but we have never seen any parcels for month except what you have sent from home. Well Mother I think I will come to a close now as we have nothing to write about over here. So I hope these few lines will find you in the best of health as they leave me at present.
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
a) Handwritten in pencil on lined paper.
b) Printed in green ink on white paper with handwriting in blue and black ink. Black ink stamps.
b) Printed in green ink on white paper with handwriting in blue and black ink. Black ink stamps.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 179 x 115mm
Height x Width: 108 x 145mm
Height x Width: 108 x 145mm
Signature/Inscription
Tpr P R Manson, Inscription, Handwritten
Mounted Brigade Field Post Office (date illegible), Stamp, Stamped
Mrs S Manson at Napier Terrace, Napier, Inscription, Handwritten
Mounted Brigade Field Post Office (date illegible), Stamp, Stamped
Mrs S Manson at Napier Terrace, Napier, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
28 Aug 1917
Credit line
from the Viv Millin Collection
Other number(s)
m2002/25/430, 70245
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