May 6

Monday

May 6-1918

My dear Papa¹–

            Have just wired you that we sail Tues. AM.²  Write me with my rank, 113^th Field Artillery c/o American Expeditionary Forces.  Do not put any destination.

Love to you all

   Goodbye for awhile

Papa¹

Minton Hughes Dixon, Sr., “Papa” or “Judge” (1849-1923)

Father of Richard Dillard, George Brownrigg, MacDonald, Mary Elizabeth, and Elizabeth MacDonald Dixon.  Prominent merchant in Edenton, North Carolina.  Served as a Justice of the Peace, Recorder’s Court Judge, and city councilman.  Married Sallie Dillard (1860-1910) in 1886.

we sail Tues. AM.²

In reality, Dixon’s detachment did not leave the New York Port of Embarkation until Wednesday, May 8, 1918 aboard the George Washington.