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Both of these 3 page letters are written in may of 1909 to the then young cadet George S. Patton from then girlfriend, Beatrice Ayer who would become his future wife. In the letters she talks about her daily adventures in the auto with her PA, going to the town and being a brides maid and not the bride and always how much she misses him and loves him etc.
Beatrice Banning Ayer in Haverhill, Massachusetts the daughter of Frederick Ayer an industrialist who owned a woolen mill. She enjoyed the life of privilege & attended prestigious finishing schools. She met George Patton for the first time as children. The friendship resulted in marriage in 1910 which lasted over thirty years and produced three children. Their son, George S. Patton IV continued the West Point tradition and became a general. On September 30,1953 at Hamilton, Massachusetts, while horse riding she suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm which took her life instantly causing her to fall from the animal.
Love Letters to General S. Patton from his girlfriend and future Wife
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