War Letters of Kiffin Yates Rockwell

August 24, 1914

London, August 24, 1914. Dear Mamma: We are still in London but expect to leave to-morrow morning. We have been constantly on the go and have seen a great deal of the city. At first I thought it would be hard to find my way around the city but I don’t believe I would...

August 14, 1914

U. S. M. S. St. Paul, August 14, 1914. Dear Mamma: We are now in the Irish Channel and expect to arrive in Liverpool at six o’clock this evening. We do not go to Southampton as the English Channel is closed. I have spent a week of absolute rest, thinking neither of...

August 6, 1914

Hotel Imperial, New York City, Thursday, Aug. 6, 1914. Dear Mamma: Well, Paul and I are sailing on the American liner, St. Paul, to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock. We would have gone by home to see you and explain things if there had been time. But we had to do some...