Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, 12 July 1916

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Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, 12 July 1916

1 No 1637 Hut No 2
Upper Camp
Frongoch
Near Bala
North Wales 12 .7.16 Dear Mother
Sorry I could not write
before this but as I told you in my last
letter we are only allowed to send two
letters every week and as for you com
ing to see me I think it would be a
foolish idea for we would have to
send a notice to the war office first
then we would be only allowed a 15
minutes of a interview so you know
it would only be waste of money
for it would cost you a good deal
to come here but if you wish to
come I wont stop you as regards my
self I am all right nothing to do and
plenty of time to do it. I am glad to see
by your letter you got the post card
quite safe form father Moore but sorry
to say we left him behind us in Stafford
he done a lot of work for us.

This letter is from a collection Patrick English (1894-1970), who at the time of writing was a prisoner inFrongoch internment camp, recently transferred from Stafford prison. This is part of a letter from Patrick to his mother, Kate English (b. 1855). In the letter, Patrick apologises for not writing before as he is only allowed two letters a week. He goes on to state it would be foolish for his mother the come to visit him and believes it would be a waste of money. Patrick then discusses his health and Father Moore, who he left at Stafford Prison. The remaining pages of the letter are missing.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1947.html)