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Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from Edward S. Campbell, February 5, 1929. Discusses aviation activities occurring while he is on board the USS Saratoga, including a reference to flight activities of Boeing…

Airgram to Bertha Boeing from William E. Boeing, November 29, 1928. Describes slight delay en route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Cheyenne, Wyoming due to weather conditions in Sherman Hill [Wyoming?]. One handwritten page.

Airgram to Bertha Boeing from William E. Boeing, November 28, 1928. Informs her that they left "with 773 pounds of mail, our record load out of Oakland" and details the flight. One handwritten page.

Letter to William E. Boeing from Herbert Hoover, Jr., November 17, 1928. Sends thanks for making his recent trip to Seattle memorable, including a plant tour and social time with the Boeing family. Two handwritten pages on Stanford University…

Postcard to William E. Boeing from the Finleys, September 25, 1928. Sends thanks for the photograph and describes a unique globe he has in his office [replicated on postcard]. Also includes a second postcard with a poem about aviation.

Letter to William E. Boeing from Glenn L. Martin, June 30, 1924. Discusses the "inauguration of a continuous trans-continental Air Mail Service" and states that "Night and Day Service between New York and San Francisco is the next step." One typed…

Letter to William E. Boeing from the Bureau of Navigation, U.S. Navy, July 20, 1920. Expresses appreciation of services during World War I. One typed page.

Letter to Editor, Colonist newspaper, Victoria, B.C., from William E. Boeing, March 19, 1919. Requests that they return the letter as a souvenir of first international mail between Victoria and Seattle, Washington. One handwritten page and envelope.

Letter to "Our Neighbors Across the Line" from Seattle Mayor Ole Hanson, February 15, 1919. Expresses friendship, well-wishes, and a united front "against Hunnism." Letter was carried on the first international airmail flight from Vancouver, B.C. to…

Letter to William E. Boeing from [illegible] Manager, Canadian Official Great War Exhibit, March 6, 1919. Informs Boeing that they have enclosed the original letter that WEB brought from Seattle Mayor Ole Hanson to Vancouver, B.C. on a recent airmail…