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A collection of over 200 intimate love letters, chronicling a couple’s courtship and marriage during the Second World War, is now digitally accessible through the Nashville Public Library.
The trove offers a poignant insight into romance amidst global conflict.
Penned by William Raymond Whittaker and Jane Dean, the letters were discovered in a Nashville residence that had belonged to Jane and her siblings.
They were subsequently donated to the Metro Nashville Archives in 2016.
William Raymond Whittaker, known as Ray, hailed from New Rochelle, New York.
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