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XM8020/31

LETTER: [Llewelyn T. Griffith] S.S. Karl Leonhardt to his daughter Eleanor discussing Eleanor’s time at home. They had discharged a cargo and had coal on the deck, it was difficult to keep the room clean. He talks about the voyage up river. The ship carried 2 Marconi operators. He was sorry to hear that Cassie had ’broken down. The ship’s medical book says her complaint is quite numerous amongst women and capt. says that she will get well again.’ He was glad she had visited taid. He asks if she had ordered the serge suit for him and about her costume. O. and W. Williams had another German steamer to manage. There were 2 German steamers close to their anchorage with their machinery deliberately damaged so they could not be requisitioned. They would probably load and go to Beunos Ayres or La Plata to finish and then proceed to St. Vincent for orders. He hoped to be in home waters about the end of October and that money was being advanced by the office, who were also letting her know the movements of the ship.