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		<titleproper>Finding Aid for the M.A. Lincoln Letters,
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<unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245">M.A. Lincoln Letters, <unitdate normal="1917" type="inclusive">1917</unitdate></unittitle>

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<abstract label="Abstract" encodinganalog="545">M.A. Lincoln served with the British Army on a hospital ship running from German East Africa to Cape Town during World War I.</abstract>

<abstract encodinganalog="520">Two 1917 letters describe Lincoln's desire to return home in the fall of 1917 to join the U.S. Army and her fears that she will not return in time to secure a favorable post.</abstract>

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<p>[Identification of item], M.A. Lincoln Letters (WV0304), Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.</p>
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<p>M. A. Lincoln served with the British Army on a hospital ship running from German East Africa to Cape Town during World War I.</p>
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<p>Two 1917 letters describe Lincoln's desire to return home in the fall of 1917 to join the U.S. Army and her fears that she will not return in time to secure a favorable post.</p>
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<p>Two 1917 letters describe Lincoln's desire to return home in the fall of 1917 to join the U.S. Army and her fears that she will not return in time to secure a favorable post.</p>
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