This collection contains more that 300 letters from World War One published in The Cobourg World, a ocal newspaper published in Cobourg, Ontario. Newspapers across Canada regularly printed letters home from overseas, either letters written directly to the newspaper by the soldiers, or first written to the family and then contributed to the paper by the family. Collections such as those from the Cobourg World provide a fascinating look at the relationship of community and war as played out in the pages of the local newspaper. All letters in the collection have been previously published in the newspaper and were also later collected by local histoian Percy Climo in a work entitled "Let Us Remember". THe dates for which the letters are listed represent the dates which they were published, as original dates of the letters are not always indicated. Where the original date of writing is known it will be part of the letter text. Introductions to the letters and editorial comments as they appear in the newspaper have been left as published. All transcriptions have been taken from copies on microfilm and as such there are no scans for this collection.
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