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[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 13, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning a recent crash he had while flying. Most of the letter is a summary of the incident but the end of the letter he says that he hopes to finish his thirty flight hours by Christmas.

Date: December 13, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter From Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, October 25, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home concerning his recent joyride in a Curtis machine airplane. He and the other men are now in Stamford, England and have been placed into squadrons.

Date: October 25, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 22, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family wishing them a merry Christmas and the possibility that he will be home by next Christmas. At the end he talks about the costs of living in England at the time.

Date: December 22, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Mother, November 13, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother on her birthday. Most of the first page is dedicated to his love for her but Clay returns to talking about his flight training. Clay ends by addressing the letter that his mom had sent two months earlier in which she talked about a nightmare she had.

Date: November 13, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Brother Ashton, December 22, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his brother Ashton concerning the death of one of his friends due to a flying accident. Clay goes on to speak about how he had been flying the same plane before his friend went up and had the accident; according to Clay he neglected to tell this to his parents.

Date: December 22, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter From Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, November 26, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning his recent visit to London with a girl named Ruth. They went to a show and he stayed there all night with her and her mother since the father was away in Japan.

Date: November 26, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Text

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Cablegram from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Father, December 22, 1918]

Cablegram from Henry Clay, Jr. to his father back home wishing his family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as well as saying he has nine solo flight hours.

Date: December 22, 1918

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Text

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 31, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning his recent completion of hours on a Curtis plane. There is also a good chance that he will be commissioned soon; he hopes to get a few days leave to go see Ruth Coleman in Birmingham.

Date: December 31, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 9, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning his recent first and second solo flights. Clay also says that he recently received four more letters from his mother dated from October and November.

Date: December 9, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter From Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, October 26, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home concerning his stay in Stamford, England. Currently Clay does not have an assigned room and is eating in the officers' mess; he asks for some magazines as he has plenty of time to read.

Date: October 26, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, November 7, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family regarding his current status in England. He did not fly this day as it was a squadron holiday, but does comment on the poor conditions of his hotel living quarters.

Date: November 7, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, November 1, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home mostly concerning his distaste for the living conditions in England, as well as his poor flight instructor. At the end of his letter he mentions that he will be changing addresses again.

Date: November 1, 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Two Letters from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Mother, October 27 & 28, 1917]

Two letters from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother and family. The first letter primarily concerns his living situation in Stamford, England along with a short discussion about his first real flight time. In the second letter Clay primarily talks about a rain-filled day and reading, along with him and his friend DeGarmo eating peanut butter.

Date: October 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas