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Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from Edward Revere Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Revere thanks Jacobs for sending a gift of stamps and expresses his disappointment that the Jacobs's will not visit England in the coming summer.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from Edward Revere Osler, Southgate Hill, Winchester, England. Revere thanks Jacobs for the stamps. Revere reports that his father is having a fine time in Egypt and wishes he could be there with him.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from Edward Revere Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Revere sends Jacobs photos of the wall-carvings at St. Mark's and of the staircase of the palace of the Doges.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from Edward Revere Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Revere is thankful for the book Jacobs sent, for it has some of the best reproductions of insects he has ever seen. He spent an enjoyable Christmas with quite a large congregation of the family.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from Edward Revere Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Revere spent a happy Christmas with his parents. His father bought him a first edition of Dr. Walton's life of Herbert, about which he is overjoyed. He hopes Jacobs will come to England and join him on a fishing expedition.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs

Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from Edward Revere Osler. Revere thanks Jacobs for the gift of an Isaac Walton medal. He fears that the bibliomania has taken hold of him, for his appetite for catalogues is insatiable. He will soon leave for France with the McGill Hospital as Colonel Burkett's orderly officer.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Susan Revere Chapin

Letter to Susan Revere Chapin from Edward Revere Osler, No. 3 Canadian General Hospital, B.E.F., Camiers. Revere reports that the No. 3 Canadian General Hospital recently ceased to function as a hospital and is now a "turbid mud hole, rank with unrest and discontent." He delivers a seething report of how the authorities closed down the hospital, sent the staff and patients to a temporary shelter, and proceeded to leave them there for 5 weeks living in tents and fighting the elements. He describes the living conditions in great detail and writes of his companions Bill and Campbell Howard, Dr. Russell, and Dr. Little. He managed to obtain a week's leave, during which he accepted a new position as quartermaster in a Canadian field ambulance, much to his parents delight.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Grace Revere Osler

Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere writes of a trip to the dump and describes the desolation he witnessed at the front. He writes that the death and destruction caused by the war inspires the novice at war, like himself, with more that mere horror; it inspires complete depression.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere describes the scene at the front, his observation post, and his fellow officers. He asks his father not send any more books, as he has no time to read and can only carry with him the bare necessities.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere writes of his observations of the battlefield and reports on the activities of his battery.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

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