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Mail Facing Slips:
As part of the mail-sorting process, each clerk placed a paper facing slip atop an organized bundle denoting its intended destination and stamped his name to enable the resolution of distribution errors. On the night of the sinking, Woody and the other mail clerks removed the facing slips from the bundles of mail in their charge to keep a record of the lost correspondence. These mail slips, stamped "O.S. Woody" and "Titanic," were found in Woody's upper jacket pocket, dry, as his life jacket kept his upper torso out of the water. |