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Conger Reynolds correspondence, March 1-17, 1918

1918-03-13 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 1

Thirty-two. 
March 13, 1918. 
Dearest, - 
The messenger from headquarters was a fine boy today in bringing me a darlin' thick letter from you. How could you even intimate that it could be "too fat?" That would be impossible. It is numbered five. I haven't seen the first four, unless the only other letter I have received similarly addressed was one of them. 
It is already 10:45. That is the curse of having night working hours. Since there are many leads in this letter that I want to follow I may have to do it in installments. I'll begin tonight anyway. 
I can't imagine how The Capital got my history so twisted. Jack certainly knew the real facts 
Did you receive two cables from me? I sent one from Liverpool January 29 and one from France January 31. On that date I cabled to father also. The messenger boy must have misled you as to

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Thirty-two. March 13, 1918. Dearest, - The messenger from headquarters was a fine boy today in bringing me a darlin' thick letter from you. How could you even intimate that it could be "too fat?" That would be impossible. It is numbered five. I haven't seen the first four, unless the only other letter I have received similarly addressed was one of them. It is already 10:45. That is the curse of having night working hours. Since there are many leads in this letter that I want to follow I may have to do it in installments. I'll begin tonight anyway. I can't imagine how The Capital got my history so twisted. Jack certainly knew the real facts Did you receive two cables from me? I sent one from Liverpool January 29 and one from France January 31. On that date I cabled to father also. The messenger boy must have misled you as to