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Letter from the Department of National Defence sent to Rachel Seidelman on February 20, 1923. The letter informs Rachel that a "Memorial Plaque" is being sent to her.

Letter containing a list of Private Edward Joseph Seidelman's belongings, dated [January 21, 1920].

Letter sent to the Seidelman family from the Adjutant-General of the Canadian Militia, dated August 14, 1919. The letter states that the death certificate of Private Edward Joseph Seidelman is being given to the Seidelman family. Letter is assumed to have been sent together with the official death certificate.

The official death certificate of Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, issued on August 12, 1919 by Militia Headquarters at the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death certificate states that Private Seidelman was killed in action on October 26, 1917, as part of the 46th Battalion.

The death certificate would likely have been sent with the letter of August 14, 1919.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated January 14, 1917. Sent from Seaford, Sussex, England to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman reports that he is no longer under quarantine.

Postcard from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated April 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. It looks as if this type of postcard was created by the military for soldiers to quickly communicate their current situation to loved ones when there was not a lot of time to write letters of their own.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated May 7, 1917. Sent from "Some other place in France this time" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman reports that he is a hospital recovering from shrapnel wounds to his right leg. He also mentions the murder of Chief of Police, McLennan, presumably of Vancouver.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated May 22, 1917. Sent from "Somewhere in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman talks about how he could not rejoin his battalion yet as another shrapnel piece was found remaining in his leg, and had to be taken out by a doctor. The shrapnel piece was found with the aid of an X-ray scan.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated May 24, 1917. Sent from "An hospital 'somewhere in France'" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. Private Seidelman mentions the English papers saying that conscription is going to be adopted in Canada. He also shares his disapproval of the idea of his younger brother, Harry, trying to enlist for the war, especially lying about his age to do so.

Letter from Private Edward Joseph Seidelman, dated May 30, 1917. Sent from "Same hospital in France" to Rachel Seidelman of Vancouver. In the letter, Private Seidelman mentions that the hospital that he is currently in is not a Canadian one, but an Imperial one.