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Postcard - November 19, 1916

Postcard from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated November 19, 1916. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England "To all the folks at home". Postcard has embossed paper edges and embroidery of a dragonfly, reads "It will bring you luck".

Letter - January 20, 1917

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated January 20, 1917. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver.

Letter - February 3, 1917

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated February 3, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in Europe" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions Allied ships and American ships in the Atlantic Ocean being sunk by Germany, and he makes a prediction that the United States may soon declare war on Germany.

Letter - February 11, 1917

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated February 11, 1917. (Assumed sent from Europe) to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman reports that two large Transatlantic liners, carrying about 12,000 sacks of mail, were torpedoed and sunk by German submarines. He also reports that the United States has broken off diplomatic relations with Germany.

Letter - February 18, 1917

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated February 18, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman mentions that he has changed battalions, and is now part of the 46th Battalion. Private Seidelman also talks about purchasing "The Dayfield Body Shield" for use in battle and gives a description of this item.

Letter - February 27, 1917

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated February 27, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Envelope has stickers reading "Opened by Censor". The letter is written in pencil and in two places on page 4, words have been erased by censors. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions hearing news that "the Huns" (the Austro-Hungarian Empire) "are out of Baxaume and are pressed further by the British", and makes a guess that "the Huns" will be in "disastrous retreat" soon.

Letter - March 24, 1917

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated March 24, 1917. (Assumed sent from France) to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman notes the newspapers stating that the Russian Emperor "succumbed to popular unrest in Russia".

Letter - March 11, 1917

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated March 11, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. The envelope has a sticker reading "OPENED BY CENSOR". Page "5" of letter is on the back of Page 1. Page 4 is missing, although it is most likely that Page "5" was incorrectly written and was supposed to have been written as Page 4.

Letter - March 4, 1917

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated March 4, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. The envelope has a sticker reading "OPENED BY CENSOR". The envelope also has a stamp on it with the words "Passed Field Censor" (this stamp seems to be on other envelopes as well, however those ones are not very legible).

Letter - April 17, 1917

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated April 17, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. The Field Post Office stamp on the envelope is dated October 19, 1917, suggesting that the letter may possibly have been sent later in the Fall of 1917.

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