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Letter from Eleanor "Nora" Saltonstall to Eleanor Brooks Saltonstall, 4 May 1918

Letter from Eleanor `Nora` Saltonstall to Eleanor Brooks Saltonstall, 4 May 1918

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    19.1 cm x 12.5 cm

    From the Eleanor Saltonstall papers


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    [ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

    Beginning in the fall of 1917, Eleanor “Nora” Saltonstall volunteered in several capacities in Europe during World War I, including as a secretary, supply manager, chauffeur, and overall jack-of-all-trades for Auto-Chir No. 7, an American Red Cross hospital unit attached to the French army. In this letter to her mother Eleanor Brooks Saltonstall, Nora described how useful she felt.