Box 1

The reverse side of this form includes Lawson's enlistment record.

Letters to Martin Detmer from Ned Lockwood, 1986-1992; Letter of Bill Mead, 31 October 1945, Letter from Ned Lockwood, 15 September 1945, PT Squadron 17 History, PF Squadron 17 All Hands Note; Photographs; Map of The Philippines, NWCF certificae and Program, Veterans Memorial Dedicator, 11/11/2006.

Letters to Martin Detmer from Ned Lockwood, 1986-1992; Letter of Bill Mead, 31 October 1945, Letter from Ned Lockwood, 15 September 1945, PT Squadron 17 History, PF Squadron 17 All Hands Note; Photographs; Map of The Philippines, NWCF certificae and Program, Veterans Memorial Dedicator, 11/11/2006.

Letters to Martin Detmer from Ned Lockwood, 1986-1992; Letter of Bill Mead, 31 October 1945, Letter from Ned Lockwood, 15 September 1945, PT Squadron 17 History, PF Squadron 17 All Hands Note; Photographs; Map of The Philippines, NWCF certificae and Program, Veterans Memorial Dedicator, 11/11/2006.

Letters to Martin Detmer from Ned Lockwood, 1986-1992; Letter of Bill Mead, 31 October 1945, Letter from Ned Lockwood, 15 September 1945, PT Squadron 17 History, PF Squadron 17 All Hands Note; Photographs; Map of The Philippines, NWCF certificae and Program, Veterans Memorial Dedicator, 11/11/2006.

Letters to Martin Detmer from Ned Lockwood, 1986-1992; Letter of Bill Mead, 31 October 1945, Letter from Ned Lockwood, 15 September 1945, PT Squadron 17 History, PF Squadron 17 All Hands Note; Photographs; Map of The Philippines, NWCF certificae and Program, Veterans Memorial Dedicator, 11/11/2006.

Reminiscences of service in the U.S. Army in Narragansett Bay, 1941-1944; Fort Varnum, 1945; and photographs in Army uniform and unidentified ship. Interview with Michael Trombley, March 10, 2002. Memories of Fort Getty and Fort Wetherill, Karlsruhe, 1946, Kassel, Germany and Korea.

Letters writte by John Seacole of the 11th New Hampshire Infantry during the Civil War on board the USS Savannah and USS Chenango to his father George, March 28, 1864-March 15, 1865. His letters describe his daily routine, his need for money, and the future bounty due him.

Photographs of Jewish activities held at the U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, RI, 1942-1945. Also included is a program from the 1942 Hanukkah service.

The collection consists of two notebooks, one of which contains copies of letters written to his wife describing the cruelties, the intolerable conditions and the brutality of guards. He also wrote letters to Ludyah Robinson, esq, May 27-30, 1832. There are copies of letters to Mrs. Hosmer from Asa M. and from Stanford Robinson, June 3, 1882, who told her of her son's death; and a letter from James Price to Ludyah Robinson, May 30,1822.

The second notebook contains "a partial history" of the final days of Asa Hosmer and his son, Asa M., based on letters received by his wife and daughter, Sophia Robinson. This account was written by a 20th century descendant and covers the period from 1816 to the 1850s.