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Preferred Citation

Weldon E. Lewis letters, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Weldon E. Lewis letters were donated by Barranger & Co., Inc.

Content Description

Collection contains letters from Seargent Weldon E. Lewis who served in the US military in 1944, to his wife, Ms. Weldon E. Lewis. Written during WWII, the letters contain messages to his wife. All letters are stamped with US army postage.

Arrangement

The material is arranged chronologically by item in one series: Series I. Letters.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Barranger & Company, Inc.
• Letter writing
• Love-letters
• Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
• Soldiers--United States--Diaries.
• World War II