To Bertha from William B. Loughborough – November 26, 1912
W. B. Loughborough
2nd Street 3rd _____
Madison Barracks
New York
Miss Bertha Ballou
United States Military Academy
West Point, New York
C/O 1st Lieutenant George B. Hunter
Madison Barrack
Dear Miss Bertha,
Your card five minutes since, and any address book on the desk, and I, very comfortably dressed, about to write you.
As I was about to make bold to tell you, poverty keeps one here until after the end of the month. That’s not the real reason, but, anyhow, I can’t get loose until after the first.
Now, let’s have that little party on the evening of Saturday December seventh. If anything should come up to prevent my coming, I shall let you know late in that week, but I think that I’ll be able to make it all right.
Please let me know if the seventh is alright, and anything else you may have to contribute to the general fund of human knowledge.
Please remember me most kindly to your sister and Humpty, otherwise known as, “Bouncy.”
May peace be unto thee.
Very truly yours,
William B. Loughborough
