Directly from the authors descendants, the letter written on Titanic Stationary with the raised White Star Line Flag and proper watermarks on the paper. The contents written on 2 1/2 pages is dated April13th 1912 and states "My Dear Mother,We had good weather in London. It is quite green and nice in England now. This boat is a giant in size and fitted up like a palacial hotel. The food and music is excellent and so far we have had very good weather. If all goes well we will arrive in New York Wednesday A.M. I am sending you a post card of the ship and also a book of postcards showing the inside. We have not had any news since we left New York Jan. 6th so we do not know what has been going on since we left. Mates sister was ill when we left and had an operation performed one week we sailed out of New York. Mate had a letter from Mr. Berry at Buenos Aires which stated that she was getting on fine, but have not heard anything since. We have been so far awaythat it has been hard to reach us with mail. Mr and Mrs John Jacob Astor is on this ship. He looks like any other human being even tho he has millions of money. They sit out on deck with the rest of us and are very democratic. Well I guess I