Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated July 12, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman says that some of his fellow soldiers got a chance to see King George when he was in their billeted area.
Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated July 17, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions a newspaper reporting that the Chancellor of "the Huns" has resigned.
This file contains seven letters written by Private Edward Joseph Seidelman to his sister Rachel in August 1917. One of the letters is a postcard provided to servicemen by the military. Private Seidelman was stationed "Somewhere in France". The letters were opened by censors.
The contents of this file were originally filed in the following order: Letter dated August 27, letter dated August 12, letter dated August 9, letter dated August 7, postcard dated August 18, letter dated August 1, letter dated August 28.
Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated August 7, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman mentions that the censors do not check letters sent to soldiers.
Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated August 9, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman's letter briefly mentions his sister, Rachel, meeting a Mrs. Odlum, whose husband was the Brigadier-General during the war and his name is assumed to be Victor Odlum.
Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated August 12, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman talks about witnessing on the previous day, two German "aeroplanes" going down near his present location. He also says that, on the day this letter was written, he saw another "aeroplane" fight which resulted in another German "aeroplane" being brought down.
Postcard from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated August 18, 1917. (Assumed sent from France) to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. There are sentences already printed on the back of the postcard and some of these sentences have been crossed out.