Telegram from unidentified sender to Wilder Penfield, March 27, 1916.
Date:
1916-03-27
Description:
Handwritten telegraph from an unidentified sender to Wilder Penfield. The sender commends Penfield for the role he played after the torpedoing of the S.S.Sussex and reports that a brief story of his work is being cabled at the moment. The writer implores Penfield to write a more detailed account of his experience and send it to them so they may cable it as soon as possible.
Physical Description:
text.telegram.black and white 13.8 x 22 cm
Language:
English

is Part Of:
Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series C (Correspondence) -- Sub-Series C/D (Correspondence, domestic)
Publisher:
Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
Citation:
Telegram from unidentified sender to Wilder Penfield, March 27, 1916. [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series C (Correspondence) -- Sub-Series C/D (Correspondence, domestic) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved March 19, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9526
Rights:
This material has been made available with the consent of the copyright holders and can be used in accordance with fair dealing provisions of Canadian copyright law. For more information, please contact the Osler Library of the History of Medicine.
Notes:
"Office of Origin and Service Instructions London Z" "Handed in at} 1215 Received here at 12 40". There is a Dover post office stamp in the upper right hand corner with the date "27MR16".

Transcription of telegram message: "TO{ Reply Paid twenty four words Wilder G. Penfield Naval Hospital Dover. Heard with immense admiration your fine work sussex cabling brief story today wont you write graphic story your experiences post me immediately for cabling".

Telegram is written on Post Office Telegraphs stationary.

Call Number:
D-C/D 21-2/1