Cards and Letters of Michael Doyle, item 16

• January 18, 2018 15:37:33 Thomas A. Lingner

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  Years card, but that will not

  bar me from wishing you and your

  Father, "a very bright and prosperous

  New Year."

    I hope the old man is keeping 

  in good health, as I expect you

  are in the pink. Dear Katie I

  can tell you I felt a bit odd here

  at Xmas, it being my first absence

  from home at the Festive Season, but

  all the while, I believe I had a

  very pleasant time under the existing

  circumstances, as all the ship's

  company enjoyed themselves dancing

  singing, and a very nice variety

  
  

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  concert in the evening.

    On Xmas morning, we were all

  presented with a very nice pipe, tobacco

  and cigarettes, Xmas card & photo by

  Princess Mary, and a Xmas Card

  from the King & Queen, in a very nice

  Brass Box. The whole handed to us by

  the Captain. I have sent them on to Mary,

  so she will show them to you when

  you call over. What do you think

  of the new baby?

    I am going on nicely up to the

  present, it is a bit of a change to be

  aboard a battleship towards the barracks

  but of course, more to look forward 

  to. As you will see we have had

  
  

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