people appearing in the edition

An internationally famous social worker, pacificst, suffragist, and public figure, Jane Addams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. She served as the president of the International Women for Permanent Peace, which hosted a conference in Bern in 1919.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919

 

Breckinridge shows the Duchess the work and supplies the Red Cross has in France, which greatly impresses her. The Duchess is known to dress and behave in some ways like an Englishwoman- wearing English suits and maintaining an English style trap and groom.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919
To Family, 31 August 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 12 April 1919

 

A female acquaintance of Breckinridge who is likely around 40 years old. Owns a camion "the Griffon" which Breckinridge, Barney, Lummie, and Kit use in their November tour of France and Belgium.
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To Family, 31 August 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919

 

Friend back home in the US, once wrote Breckinridge a letter about the "Woodridge Ball"
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Breckinridge writes to her mother that she has lunched and seen "an amusing though roughly indecent farce" in Paris with her sister Lees, Lees's new husband Warren Dunn, and Madame Berny, whom Breckinridge indicates lives in the same apartment house in Paris as her sister Lees. The inhabitants of house, according to Breckinridge, are sad to see Lees depart as her husband's duties in the Army call him elsewhere.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919
To Lees Breckinridge, 13 October 1919

 

A nurse doing special district work for babies under 3. Breckinridge writes about talking with Lady Blackwood at a Red Cross tea.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

The daughter of a wealthy railroad and industrial man. The family's summer home houses Breckinridge and her associates.
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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

Founder of Jouttes de Lait philanthropy. Breckinridge discusses this saying that milk was provided to the babies and mothers, but no follow up work was completed, and that is what shows results.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

Breckinridge goes into more detail on Mrs. Boulanger's health when speaking about her family, specifically her returning to hard work too quickly.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

Esther Braly, an acquaintance of Breckinridge's who most likely is not young, is said to have spent time in Germany in the past, picking up a conversational fluency that allows them to ask the defeated German troops about their nation's motives for the war and their sense of purpose in the wake of their defeat. This is another occasion for Breckinridge to voice her moral objections to the mentalities of the German soldiers and prisoners of war that she encounters or witnesses during her work in the devastated regions of the >Aisne.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 12 April 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

Mayor of Ressons. On good terms with Le Doyen, the curé, which is described as unusual in France.
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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

Grandfather Breckinridge is the inspiration for Mary Breckinridge's godson Roland's saint name of Jean.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

Description here.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919
To Lees Breckinridge, 13 October 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 13 December 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

A 30-something young woman residing temporarily with the de Reisets. She worked throughout the war as a war nurse and received English decorations and the Croix de Guerre for her service. During the war in 1914 she was captured by the Germans, but managed to hide and feed British soldiers in the barn where they put her to work.
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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919

 

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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 13 December 1919

 

Cousin to Breckinridge, Katherine Carson is described in Wide Neighborhoods as one of "five girlhood friends in the South who have remained as close as sisters all my life" (38). Breckinridge writes that while Katherine resides in France at the same time as she, she has little opportunity to see her. Having received a letter from Katherine, Breckinridge indicates to her mother that her cousin desires some "trophies of war" from the devastated land in the Aisne. For her cousin, Breckinridge resolves to collect as many artillery shells as she can (which, we're told, can be repurposed as flower vases), and even to collect a German helmet despite her antipathy to the Germans and, particularly, to this component of their soldiering gear.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 13 December 1919

 

Miss Clement is a public health nurse in the Smith unit in the Somme. Breckinridge writes that she is excited to go visit that unit to see what they are doing to promote public health nursing there.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

Madame Colin owns (and, presumably, lives in) the apartment house where Breckinridge's sister Lees lives during her time in Paris in the early months of 1919. Breckinridge indicates that the inhabitants of building are quite fond of Lees and are sad to see her leave to follow her husband Warren as his duties for the Army take him elsewhere. Breckinridge stays with Lees in her apartment when she visits her in Paris, and reports that Colin's apartments are "most comfortable and most expensive like everything else" in the city, especially compared to the country prices in the devastated Aisne. While Colin's apartments are cheaper than hotel rooms, they are more expensive than war worker hotels, but, apparently, not as well heated as the latter option.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919

 

Member of Breckinridge's committee; she was honored and works in Laon at the time of the letter being written.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

Breckinridge encountered Mr. Crane on several occasions during her stays in Paris.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919

 

. Stays with Breckinridge for a few days in August. Described as an intelligent problem solver. Owns a limo.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919
To Family, 31 August 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 13 December 1919

 

A well-liked curé (priest) in the Ressons area. He expresses great desire for a particular painting to commemorate the dead soldiers from their village. His first name is unknown to Breckinridge so they call him by his highest title.
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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

Never referred to by her actual name, the widowed sister is not nearly as well liked as her affable brother. She consistently petitions Breckinridge to give her a goat for her stomach troubles, even though the goats are designated for famillies with underweight children.
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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 12 April 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

A friend or family member of Breckinridge's in the United States.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919
To Family, 31 August 1919

 

Breckinridge writes to her mother that "we" had dinner with someone named Emma, who "looked so well." Because the brief reference follows a description of social events in Paris, we may conclude that Emma is another Parisian with whom Breckinridge, her sister Lees, and perhaps her brother-in-law Warren visited.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919

 

Friend back home in the US, once wrote Breckinridge a letter from Fort Smith
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To Family, 31 August 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 13 December 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919
To Family, 31 August 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919

 

A friend of Breckinridge's living in the United States
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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

Lives in United States and sent three checks for the fund. Possible relation to Katherine Gardner?
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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

An acquaintance of Breckinridge. Most likely fairly young and quite attractive
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Possible co-author of the offer to write the book on Child Welfare, mentioned in the January 4th letter.
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To Miss Carr, 4 January 1919

 

Member of Breckinridge's nursing committee. Was honored with Breckinridge and worked in Blerancourt.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 12 April 1919

 

Friend back home in the US
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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

A French nurse who is working with, as Breckinridge phrases it, "immense success" at Blerancourt.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919

 

A friend or family member of Breckinridge's in the United States. Seems to have contributed to the goat fund and may have some association with the committee, as she got her check to Breckinridge through a committee member.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

Another contributor to the goat fund who seems to be distinct from the friend / family member Helen that is also mentioned.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

Miss Hewitt is a chauffeur. She drove the dentist, Breckinridge, and an injured soldier to military hospital in Compiegne.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

Member of Breckinridge's nursing committee. At the time of the writing of Breckinridge's April letter, was located in Soissons.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 12 April 1919

 

Friend back home in the US
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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919

 

Presumably a family member of Breckinridge's in the United States. Seems to have contributed to the goat fund; like Mrs. John Stovall, Breckinridge christens a goat "Jeanne" for her.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

King is a New Zealand health reformer and Director of Child Welfare. Breckinridge mentions King to state her praises of King's work. She was excited when she connected with Lady Hermoine Blackwood at a Red Cross tea over King's work.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

Author who Breckinridge is very interested in. Writes for magazines.
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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

Dr. Kinney is on the Board of American Women's Hospital Association. Breckinridge associates him as a friend and identifies that she has mentioned him in other letters to her mother.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919
To Lees Breckinridge, 13 October 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 12 April 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919

 

Presumably French, described as Breckinridge's assistant. Has a child who, at some time in November, was ill with a mastoid condition and had an operation for it at Compiegne.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919

 

A French nurse who Breckinridge considers to have good ability but not enough "charm of personality" to meet with the same level of success in her work as some of her colleagues.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919

 

Representative of Child Welfare Company.
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To Miss Carr, 4 January 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 25 November 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 13 December 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919
To Family, 31 August 1919

 

This couple attended a dinner that Breckinridge attended, but she notes that they did not inform anyone they were attending.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

Morton is on the Board of American Women's Hospital Association.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

Roland is the godson of Breckinridge, but may also be called Jean in other letters. She mentions how his parents gave her the most wonderful gifts made from wreckage of the war.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

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To Family, 31 August 1919

 

Miss Parsons most likely works with Breckinridge in some capacity, and orginally came from New York. At one point, she leads an American canning demonstration.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 12 April 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919
To Family, 31 August 1919

 

Breckinridge mentions that she has lunched with "a French baron and his wife" who have been benevolent to their village, which is located near La Ferté-Milon. Breckinridge indicates that the affective and material support that the couple have provided for their community is a part of their political agenda as "extreme radicals" who oppose the "reactionary" government in France (i.e., the postwar Bloc National). Described as a "radical socialist with excellent manners," the Baron mentioned in the letter of 1 May is likely the same mentioned (and named) in the letter of 31 August. Baron Pelletier, the scion of a long-established family in the French nobility, inherited an extensive library from his father Louis Ernest, became known as an archivist, paleographer, and antiquarian, and was associated with the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris (Valadon 183; SHC 28).
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919
To Family, 31 August 1919

 

Breckinridge mentions that she has lunched with "a French baron and his wife" who have been benevolent to their village, which is located near La Ferté-Milon. Breckinridge indicates that the affective and material support that the couple have provided for their community is a part of their political agenda as "extreme radicals" who oppose the "reactionary" government in France (i.e., the postwar Bloc National). Though they apparently share an affinity for radical socialism, the Baroness Pelletier is not to be confused with Madeleine Pelletier, the French feminist and socialist who, ironically, worked for the Red Cross during the war.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 12 April 1919

 

All that is noted about this person is that Lees saw him in Paris last winter.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

Lady Plunkett is the sister of Lady Blackwood. Breckinridge praises the work of Lady Plunkett at a Red Cross tea when talking to Lady Blackwood. Lady Blackwood then states that Lady Plunkett is her sister, and Breckinridge realizes Miss Blackwood is actually Lady Hermoine Blackwood.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

Breckinridge's aunt, all letters are intended for her to read as well.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

A feminist and pacifist politician, Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to hold federal office in the United States (and, notably, voted against the U.S. entering the war against Germany).
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919
To Family, 31 August 1919

 

Friend back home in the US. Has some connection to magazines potentially? Seems to have contributed to the goat fund. May also have family members named Roberta and Louise, as Breckinridge mentions christening goats in "each of the Stovall's names" and "writing them about their namesakes."
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919
To Family, 31 August 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919

 

A prominent and pioneering progressive journalist, Ida Tarbell journeyed to France in 1919 to cover the devastation following the war.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 12 April 1919

 

A social fixture of Breckinridge's Parisian sojourns, Wald was a guest of Lees and Mary on several occasions. Influential in the history of nursing and human rights, Lillian Wald served as a representative of the Children's Bureau and the Red Cross Nursing Service in France in 1919. Drawing her attention especially to "the suffering of children" in the wake of the war, Wald lamented the lack of cooperation between American and local relief efforts, save for the redeeming example of "the smaller units... in more outlying communities," an exception that Breckinridge and her colleagues in the Aisne may partially have inspired (Feld 115-16).
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 13 December 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

Dr. Ward is a dentist that assisted Breckinridge in providing care for a soldier who threw himself on top of an exploding grenade.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 18 May 1919

 

In August, Breckinridge writes of his moving from his comfortable quarters on "Old Point" to his new post on "the Big Island"
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919
To Family, 31 August 1919

 

White was a Kansas-based journalist, progressive political voice, and friend of Theodore Roosevelt who grew to national fame. After initially being denied a press pass and passport to cover the Paris Peace Conference, White was able to obtain the documents and credentials to travel to France in December 1918 and cover the historic event. He remained in Paris for several months, and it is likely that he met Breckinridge through his work for the Red Cross Magazine, whose editor John Phillips arranged for White's passport to France (Kansas Historical Society). In 1947 White was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919

 

Woman mentioned in one of Mary's mother's letters; she told a story that Mary enjoyed reading.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 12 April 1919

 

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To Katherine Breckinridge, 23 March 1919
To Katherine Breckinridge, 29 June 1919

 

Described by Breckinridge as a "Greek with an Italian mother, a charming elderly man" who lives in the same apartment house in Paris as her sister Lees, Monsieur Zeno is apparently very fond of Lees and "desolated" that she is departing to accompany her husband Warren as his duties for the Amy carry him elsewhere. Breckinridge indicates that she stays with Lees in her apartment when she visits her in Paris, and we must assume that she developed something of a familiarity with the characters in the building.
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To Katherine Breckinridge, 1 May 1919
To Lees Breckinridge, 13 October 1919