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PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL FILE
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Dec. 1944-Jan. 1945
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December 1, 1944
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Respectfully referred to the
Department of State for appropriate
handling.
We have no record thus far of the
receipt of the cake to which the writer
makes reference.
Attention: Mr. Summerlin.
M. C. LATTA
Executive Clerk
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Joseph Larritt, and
L. A. Larritt
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8 Shoal Bay Road
Devonport, Auckland
New Zealand
Letter to the President, dated 10/12/44.
Re - Thanks the President for sending aid to the world.
Praise American soldiers. State that they are sending
a Christmas cake to the President.
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Attention: Mr. Summerlin.
M. C. LATTA
Executive Clerk
Anthony Sanderson
7 Second Street
Floriana, MALTA G.C.
Registered letter to the President, dated 11/11/44.
Re - Congratulates the President on his re-election. States
that he and his mother will be honored if the President
accepts a gift of Malta Lace as a token of appreciation.
They profess great admiration for the President. Asks
for an autographed picture of the President.
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Attention: Mr. Summerlin.
M. C. LATTA
Executive Clerk
Anthony Sanderson
7 Second Street
Floriana, MALTA G.C.
Registered letter to the President, dated 11/11/44.
Re - Congratulates the President on his re-election. States
that he and his mother will be honored if the President
accepts a gift of Malta Lace as a token of appreciation.
They profess great admiration for the President. Asks
for an autographed picture of the President.
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December 1, 1944
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Respectfully referred to the
Department of State for appropriate
handling.
We have no record thus far of the
receipt of the lace to which the writer
makes reference.
Attention: Mr. Summerlin.
M. C. LATTA
Executive Clerk
Anthony Sanderson
7 Second Street
Floriana, MALTA G.C.
Registered letter to the President, dated 11/11/44.
Re - Congratulates the President on his re-election. States
that he and his mother will be honored if the President
accepts a gift of Malta Lace as a token of appreciation.
They profess great admiration for the President. Asks
for an autographed picture of the President.
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December 2, 1944
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My dear Mr. Lent:
The President has received your let-
ter of November tenth and wants you to know
that your generous words of congratulation mean
a great deal to him.
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It was kind indeed of you to send the
President that inscribed copy of your latest
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book ROCKET RESEARCH. He has asked me to express
his appreciation of your friendly thought.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mr. Constantin Paul Lent,
130 West 42nd Street,
New York, N. Y.
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Constantin Paul Lent
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DIPLOMA ENGINEER INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER
OFFICES
130 WEST 42ND STREET
521 5TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, N. Y.
November 10th, 1944
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President
The United States of America
The White House
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. President:
In 1940 I had the honor of
congratulating you upon your excellent choice
of Mr. Wallace for the Vice-Presidency and I
wish to take this opportunity to congratulate
you for your choice of Mr. Truman and your
fourth re-election for the Presidency of the
United States of America.
I am also taking this
opportunity in mailing to you, under separate
cover, an autographed copy of my latest book
"ROCKET RESEARCH" which has just come off the
press.
Because of the great popular
interest in rockets at the present time, and
due to coming important developments in the
field of Rocketry in the near future, I hope
that this book might make an interesting
addition to your private library at Hyde Park.
Hoping that you will be in the
best of health for many years to come and that
you will have a most successful fourth term,
I hope to remain,
Coustantin Very sincerely R
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Constantin
KATHMANN, Mr. Omer
Carpinteria, California
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December 21, 1944 - acknowledged.
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sends
MAVERICK, Hon. Maury,
Chairman,
Smaller War Plants Corporation
Washington, D.C.
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ack. 12/13/44
Miss Tully on above date wrote Mr. Maverick thanking him for the case of
limes sent the President - also conveys in Pres.' , behalf his personal good wishes.
limes distributed.
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KATHMANN, Mr. Omer
Carpinteria, California
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December 21, 1944 - acknowledged.
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On above date, Miss Tully wrote to Mr. Kathmann, thanking him for sending
the President those fine lemons. - The lemons were distributed.
(COPY)
14 December 1944
P.P.7.
Dear Mr. Lloyd,
The President has asked me to
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express his appreciation to you for your kindness
in sending him photographic copies of your painting
of the U.S.S. BOWFIN.
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These copies will be sent to Hyde
Park as a part of the President's collection. This
picture of a ship which has received the Presidential
Unit Citation will be a most interesting addition.
Very truly yours
J.A. Tyree, Jr.,
Commander, U.S.N.,
Assistant Naval Aide to the President.
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Mr. I.R. Lloyd,
615 Hichborn Street,
Vallejo, California
Sent to Mrs. Eben to go to Navy "B" collection.
KATHMANN, Mr. Omer
Carpinteria, California
O-P-7,
December 21, 1944 - acknowledged.
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On above date, Miss Tully wrote to Mr. Kathmann, thanking him for sending
the President those fine lemons. - The lemons were distributed.
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December 21, 1944
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My dear Mrs. Lipovsky:
The President has received your let-
ter of November eighteenth and notes with inter-
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est that the sketch you enclosed is the work of
one of the members of Cub Scout Pack 133,
Brooklyn. He asks if you will not be good
enough to convey his sincere thanks to the boys
for the friendly thought which prompted this
presentation.
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In the spirit of the Christmas Season,
the President extends his very best wishes to you
and to the Cub Scouts of Pack /133.
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Very sincerely yours,
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Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mrs. P. Lipovsky,
399 East 94th Street,
Brooklyn,
New York.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt
"hite House
Washington, D. C.
Honorable Sir:
The enclosed is a free hand drawing made by a
10 year old Cub Scout in Pack #133, Brooklyn, New
York.
The boys in our pack thought the drawing was
so well drawn, that they insisted that I send it
along to you.
I might add here that our boys, age from 9 to
12 are doing all they can towards the War Effort.
They made 65 canes, from old broom and mop sticks,
which we turned over to the Halleron Hospital.
They have collected paper, scrap, and fats, and are
still collecting it.
Right now they are bringing in small gifts, Red cross which
we wrap in to give to the of
Embarkation. who in turn Christmas give it to paper the soldiers at the Port
Please accept this picture as a token of the
Admiration and Esteem of my cubs.
May I also extend to you on behalf of the boys
in Pack 133 and myself, our sincerest wishes for a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Respectfully yours,
(mrs.) P. Lipovsky
Acting Cub Master
are old
N.Y.
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399 East 94th St.
Brooklyn, New York
December 18, 1944
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
"hite House
Washington, D. C.
Honorable Sir:
The enclosed is a free hand drawing made by a
10 year old Cub Scout in Pack #133, Brooklyn, New
York.
The boys in our pack thought the drawing was
so well drawn, that they insisted that I send it
along to you.
I might add here that our boys, age from 9 to
12 are doing all they can towards the War Effort.
They made 65 canes, from old broom and mop sticks,
which we turned over to the Halleron Hospital.
They have collected paper, scrap, and fats, and are
still collecting it.
Right now they are bringing in small gifts, which
we wrap in Christmas paper to give to the Red Cross
who in turn give it to the soldiers at the Port of
Embarkation.
Please accept this picture as a token of the
Admiration and Esteem of my cubs.
May I also extend to you on behalf of the boys
in Pack 133 and myself, our sincerest wishes for a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Respectfully yours,
(mrs.) P. Lipousky
Acting Cub Master
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Robert BLansKY
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December 21, 1944
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My dear Mr. Locher:
The President has received your let-
ter of December eighteenth and has noted with
interest all that you say. He is delighted to
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have those three maps you enclosed and asks if
you will not be good enough to convey his hearty
thanks to your daughter-in-law, Frances Lang ford,
for her friendly thought in wanting him to have
them.
In the spirit of the Christmas Season,
the President extends his very best wishes to you.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mr. Felix Locher,
Locher-Hall Tele-Curve Company,
530 West 6th Street,
Los Angeles 14,
California.
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12/21/44
December 18, 1944
Delano Roosevelt
Inited States
st of my daughter-in-law, Frances
losing three complimentary Locher-Hall
one based on Washington, D.C., one on
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It is my belief that you, as Commander-in-Chief of our
armed services, will be able to secure from these three
maps an heretofore impossible overall picture of the global
relationships of all theatres of operation.
Enclosed also is a copy of a letter which shortly will be
mailed, along with a Tokyo map, only, to high ranking
officers in our armed forces. This enclosure not only
lists other areas for which Tele-Curve Maps are now avail-
able, but also points out some of the unusual features
true of all Tele-Curve maps, irrespective of their
individually different characteristics.
Respectfully yours,
Felix Locher
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12/21/44
December 18, 1944
The Honorable Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
At the personal request of my daughter-in-law, Frances
Langford, I am enclosing three complimentary Locher-Hall
Tele-Curve Maps, one based on Washington, D.C., one on
Honolulu and one on Tokyo.
It is my belief that you, as Commander-in-Chief of our
armed services, will be able to secure from these three
maps an heretofore impossible overall picture of the global
relationships of all theatres of operation.
Enclosed also is a copy of a letter which shortly will be
mailed, along with a Tokyo map, only, to high ranking
officers in our armed forces. This enclosure not only
lists other areas for which Tele-Curve Maps are now avail-
able, but also points out some of the unusual features
true of all Tele-Curve maps, irrespective of their
individually different characteristics.
Respectfully yours,
Felix Locher
FL/fp
Enc.
LOCHER-HALL TELE-CURVE CO.
530 WEST 6TH ST.
LOS ANGELES 14, CALIFORNIA
VANDIKE 2393
December 18, 1944
Dear Admiral
Knowing your intense interest in the fact that "all roads lead to Tokyo",
it gives me genuine pleasure to enclose with my personal compliments a Locher-Hall
Tele-Curve map showing all these roads. Further, this map gives the shortest
distances via these roads from all theatres of operation everywhere in the world.
This modern air-age map, plotted on the 400 year-old Mercator world
projection, will enable you, without the aid of other measuring devices, charts or
tables, to read, at a glance, world-wide great circle distances and air routes
accurately and directly from the map, in all directions to or from the "main
target". The great circle calculations are by C. H. Cleminshaw, Ph.D., Acting
Director of the Griffith Observatory and Planetarium in Los Angeles.
The following Locher-Hall Tele-Curve maps are now available, their indi-
vidual great circle calculations being based on their respective starting areas,
which always include the immediate vicinity of the named area:
Boston
Honolulu
New York
Pittsburgh
Seattle
Chicago
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City
Portland (Ore.)
St.Paul-Minneapolis
Cleveland
Manila
Panama
San Diego
Tokyo
Detroit
New Orleans
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Washington, D.C.
Since a Tele-Curve pattern depends upon the latitude of the individual
starting area, the several maps of the above group show a variety of such patterns.
But, in spite of such individual variations in great circle patterns, all Tele-
Curve maps present exactly the same familiar geographical outlines of the popular
Mercator world map.
On your Tokyo map you will find the antipodal area indicated as a tiny
circle in the South Atlantic Ocean east of Montevideo, 12,400 statute miles away
from the starting area, regardless of what route curve is followed. Similarly,
each of the above listed Tele-Curve maps carries its own individual antipodal area,
none of which, to the surprise of most people, is anywhere near China!
An added feature of each Tele-Curve map is a detachable Time Band showing
immediately the comparative time and date around the world, from everywhere.
Hoping you will enjoy using this new and simplified geographical and
navigational aid, I remain
Very cordially yours,
Felix Locher
P.S. If you are interested, I will be glad to furnish you with information as to
Tele-Curve maps now in process or planned, as well as maps made to order
for special purposes.
December 26, 1944
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My dear Mr. Ludmerer:
Please accept the President's hearty
thanks for your friendly thought in sending him
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In the spirit of the holiday season, he extends
his very best wishes to you.
Very sincerely yours,
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Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mr. Oscar Ludmerer,
37-04 30th Avenue,
Long Island City,
New York.
December 21, 1944
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Please accept this little gift
Though trifling it may seem
As simply an expression
If you to send those
Of my sincere esteem.
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With the very best of wishes
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Mr. 11. J. Laurie,
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December 21, 1944
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My dear Mr. Laurier
It was grand of you to send those
cigarettes to the President. He asks me to
express his grateful appreciation of your
thoughtfulness and to extend to you the Sea-
son's Greetings.
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Very sincerely yours,
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Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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21 East 40th Street.
New York, II. Y.
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The President was delighted to re-
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third, with the enclosed drawing. Ho appreciates
your friendliness in writing, and sends his very
best wishes to you.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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31-78 35th Street,
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of you, made by me.
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will experienced, the I know that you, mr. President
victory. see american people through to
I admire you as one of america's
greatest humanitarian presidents, statesman, and
with deepest respect, & am
Sincerely yours
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December 27, 1944
My dear Mr. Lazarus:
Permit me to thank you in the Presi-
dent's behalf for your kindness in sending him
the gift to which you refer in your letter of
December seventh. You may be assured that your
courtesy is appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mr. Joseph M. Lazarus,
Nudial Company,
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December 7, 1944
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The President of the United States
White House
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. President:
We are writing you in your
capacity of Commander-in-Chief of the
Armed Services. We presume you wear
your identification tags in accordance
with regulations.
We are therefore enclosing a
set of DOGGIES for your use. We hope
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by every good fortune.
Respectfully,
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1571 Macombs Road,
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1571 Macombs Road,
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He enlisted in the Army air
Corps and will be overseas two
years this Christmas.
Please accept this in the true
ach to
American spinit and good faith
with which it is given.
Gingarege
Please give the hankie to
our dear mrs. Roosevelt in
sincere good faith
Sod Bless you both always
Sincerely.
Mrs Hermina Landesman.
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December 22, 1944
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My dear Mr. Lynch:
Thank you in the President's behalf
for your kindness in sending him that carton of
cigarettes as at Christmas remembrance. You may
be assured that your friendly thought is appre-
ciated.
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In the spirit of the Holiday Season,
the President extends his very best wishes to
you.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mr. Walton D. Lynch,
Vice President,
National Folding Box Company,
Chrysler Building,
405 Lexington Avenue,
New York, N. Y.
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WALTON D. LYNCH
Vice President
13/22/44 December 15, 1944
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. President:-
As we approach another war Christmas, the fourth in our struggle against
the Axis, we are faced with the paradox that while we earnestly hope and
pray for the utter extermination of our Axis enemies, at the same time the
Christmas refrain "Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men" again resounds in
our ears, as it has since childhood.
Looking back to the period about a quarter of a century ago, when we joined
in another altruistic adventure, to overcome the willful force of selfish
autocrats, one inspiring symbol of freedom and the "inalienable rights" of
man remains constantly in our minds - The Statue of Liberty.
And so it has seemed particularly appropriate that as our Christmas message
we review the story of the inception and building of this world famous
memorial which, more than any other work of art, has become a symbol of free-
dom-loving peoples, valued chiefly for its meaning and only incidentally
for its artistic achievement.
While the light of the Statue of Liberty looks out on a bewildered and
struggling world, we know we express the hope of millions when we pray that
before another Christmas rolls around our sons and daughters may be back
with us celebrating this holiday season in the good old American way. And,
even as in peace years, we're expressing a bit of the good wishes we hold
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for you by sending you under separate cover a carton of "Pall Mall" ciga-
rettes (which are still "packaged by National").
Yours cordially,
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Vice President
NATIONAL
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Greetings
A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM
ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
-INSCRIPTION ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
NE EVENING, early in 1865, a group of emi-
The French-American Union, the society formed
nent French statesmen were assembled in the
to carry out the plan, insisted that the $700,000.00
home of the distinguished historian, Edouard
necessary to translate Bartholdi's vision of a gigantic
de Laboulaye, near Versailles, discussing world
Goddess of Liberty, holding aloft the torch of Free-
affairs. Eventually the conversation turned to Lafay-
dom, into a reality, must be given by the French
ette, the gallant young Frenchman, whose love for
people themselves and not by the government. Con-
liberty had induced him to place his life and fortune
sequently while the idea was enthusiastically re-
at the disposal of the revolted American colonists.
ceived it was soon recognized that the project was
It was recalled that later as a member of the Estates-
too ambitious to complete in time for the one hun-
General, he presented the Declaration of Rights,
dredth anniversary of American Independence. In
modeled on the American Declaration of Independ-
order to avoid a complete disappointment, the great
ence, and served as Commander-in-Chief of the
forearm was completed and made the trip from
France in time to be shown at the Centennial Expo-
French National Guard, after the Revolution in
sition in Philadelphia, on July 4th, 1876, later being
1789, thus helping his own great country find inde-
transferred and exhibited in New York's Madison
pendence from the old absolutism.
Square, before being returned to France to await
These thoughts, and the memory of a century of
completion of the entire statue.
peace between the two nations, led de Laboulaye to
Countless French youngsters donated their pre-
propose that the people of France participate in a
cious centimes to the fund and finally in 1882 the
memorial gift, complimenting America's hundred
last franc had been collected, and the work of com-
years of independence, as a token of the world's
pleting the statue gotten well under way. In the
gratitude for her inspired example of freedom, and
meantime, here in the United States, Congress had
as a bond of continuing friendship. The suggestion
given the ground on Bedloe Island but refused finan-
was enthusiastically accepted and Frederick Auguste
cial aid, feeling that since the statue was a sponta-
Bartholdi, a gifted young Alsatian, was commis-
neous gesture of good-will on the part of French
sioned to cross the Atlantic to determine what form
adults and children, the $300,000 needed for the
would be most appropriate for this memorial gift.
foundation and pedestal should in similar manner
Impressed by New York's broad bay, serving as the
be donated by the American public.
gateway to the Western world, the majestic Hudson
A near crisis arose when the American Commit-
River, and the little island close to the tip of Man-
tee, whose task was to raise the funds, build the base,
hattan, he returned to France to give embodiment
and assure a proper reception for the statue, found
to de Laboulaye's memorial idea in the most colossal
itself without funds after eight years of consistent
statute ever wrought, symbolizing the spirit of the
effort. This was particularly embarassing because
New World and the "inalienable rights" of man.
not only had the Statue already been completed,
Hon. Levi P. Morton, Minister to France, had
up and ahead with hope; freedom to rise to their full
accepted it on behalf of the American people at a
stature, and set their children's feet on the secure
presentation ceremony held in Paris on July 4th,
path to abundant and happy living.
1884, but the three hundred sections of the memo-
For the second time, the Goddess of Liberty has
rial had been taken down one by one in France,
seen a vast army of free men go forth from these
carefully packed in two hundred and fourteen
freedom-loving shores, armed and equipped to bat-
cases, and arrived in New York Harbor on June
tle on foreign shores in defense of the ideal of popu-
19th, 1885, aboard the French State vessel "Isere",
lar liberty, which is even now at death grips with
escorted by the whole Atlantic Squadron of the
the vicious force of selfish tyrants. While thousands
U.S. Navy. With $100,000.00 yet to be raised, with
of these will never return, and other thousands will
which to complete the building of thirty-eight of the
be shattered for life, they will not have served in
forty-six courses of masonry for the pedestal, the
vain, for through their unselfish efforts the evil
American Committee had no choice but to store the
forces which rose to violently challenge the liberty
Statue in a warehouse until its fund-raising and
of body, conscience, speech and press in many dis-
building operations were completed.
tant and distracted lands will have been overcome.
Fortunately Joseph Pulitzer championed the
God grant that while she must temporarily re-
cause, and overcame the objections of many people,
main hidden from sight by the fall of night, save
who felt they shouldn't be called upon to finance
but for a few feeble rays from her lamp, she may
the construction of "New York's lighthouse", by
soon glow again in peacetime in the beams of high-
pointing out in his newspaper, the New York World,
powered floodlights, an inspiring ideal of liberty
that the Statue was a gift to the whole nation and
which lives on and will not perish!
not to New York alone. Under his leadership the
needed $100,000.00 was oversubscribed, it being
interesting to note that $80,000.00 out of the
$102,006.39 contributed was in sums of less than a
dollar each, thus showing that in America, as in
France, the pennies, nickels and dimes of school
children made possible this tribute to liberty.
Finally, on October 28th, 1886, in the presence of
the Ambassador from France, Bartholdi the sculp-
tor, and thousands of French and American citizens,
President Grover Cleveland unveiled and dedicated
the finished monument, in New York Harbor, with
these historic words "Liberty thus stands revealed,
clasping our immortal Declaration, resolutely hold-
ing aloft her flame of enlightenment, her crown
radiant, the shackle of tyranny broken at her feet."
Before this symbol of liberty millions of people
from the Old World have eagerly passed through
this gate to the New World, drawn by the promise
of a freedom they had never known: freedom to
THE GREAT FOREARM ON DISPLAY AT
worship in the way of their fathers; freedom to look
MADISON SQUARE, NEW YORK, AUGUST 1876
A FEW INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
SCULPTOR: Frederick Auguste Bartholdi, a young Alsatian, under commission from the
Franco-American Union.
CONSTRUCTION: The sculptor first made a figure approximately 9' tall, and then enlarged
the model four times to 36', which was then divided into sections and each one in turn
enlarged four times.
The 3/16" copper sheeting used was made to conform to the contours of wooden forms
by pressing and hammering, and strengthened by being backed with iron straps, insulated
from the copper by strips of asbestos cloth, soaked in shellac to prevent galvanic action.
After the copper sheets were finished they were bolted to a powerful iron framework
which was firmly anchored to the pedestal. This supporting iron structure was designed
by the famous French engineer, M. Eiffel, and incorporated careful calculations covering
the maximum potential wind stress to which the Statue might be exposed. Bartholdi
labored on the Statue from 1874 to its completion in 1883. American workmen began
the foundation and pedestal in 1883, completing them in the late summer of 1886. The
base is one of the heaviest blocks of masonry ever built, the trap rock used in its construc-
tion coming from quarries near New Haven.
LOCATION: Bedloe Island, in New York Harbor, serving as the site of the Statue of Liberty,
has successively flown the flag of the Netherlands, England and the United States. Pur-
chased by New York State in 1796 it was named after Isaac Bedloe, the original Dutch
owner, retaining this name in 1800 when it was ceded by New York State to the U.S.
Government. Congress later gave the ground on which the Statue was erected.
COST: Over a million dollars, raised by popular subscriptions largely from school children.
The Statue cost approximately $700,000.00, while the base and pedestal cost around
$300,000.00
WEIGHT: 450,000 pounds (225 tons) is the weight of the Statue alone.
DIMENSIONS: No other statue has ever been executed in the extraordinary proportions, a
few of the dimensions being:
HEIGHT: 151' 5" from the foot to the top of the outstretched torch, with the Statue rising
301' 3" above water level.
FACE: 17' long. NOSE: 41/2'; INDEX FINGER: 8'; WAIST 35' thick; RIGHT ARM: upraised 42'
from the shoulder.
VISITORS: In a single day, 10,728 persons have made the boat trip from the Battery out to
Bedloe Island on which the Statue of Liberty is situated. The register there is filled with
the names of visitors from all foreign countries, even chieftains from the South Sea Islands.
Her popularity grows continually, a daily average of 3,000 persons making the boat trip
to Bedloe Island, aside from the thousands content to admire her from the Battery.
A Friendly Message from The National Folding Box Company-Christmas 1944
Copy for mr. Marshon
December 1, 1944
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Respectfully referred to the
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Department of State for appropriate
handling.
We have no record thus far of the
receipt of the cake to which the writer
makes reference.
Attention: Mr. Summerlin.
M. C. LATTA
Executive Clerk
Joseph Larritt, and
L. A. Larritt
8 Shoal Bay Road
Devenport, Auckland
New Zealand
Letter to the President, dated 10/12/44.
Re - Thanks the President for sending aid to the world.
Praise American soldiers. State that they are sending
a Christmas cake to the President.
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January 8, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE:
Reference is had to my memorandum
of December first, forwarding to the Department
a letter of October 12, 1944 from Joseph Larritt
and L. A. Larritt, 8 Shoal Bay Road, Devonport,
Auckland, New Zealand, with the advice that the
cake to which they made reference had not been
received.
The cake has now been received.
Will you please be good enough to see that an
appropriate word of thanks is sent to
Mr. L. A. Larritt.
Attention: Mr. Summerlin.
M. C. LATTA
Executive Clerk
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Secretary to the President
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San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Letter to the President, dated 12/2/44. Written in Spanish.
Translator's Summary.
In re: Writer sends the President his latest book of poems
entitled "Reclinatorio, Acetre y Corazon" (Priedieu, Aspersorium
and Heart), and calls his attention to a poem on page 185 entitled
"Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Man". This poem was published in
various Latin American newspapers and translated into English.
The dedication on the fly-lear reads as follows: "To the most
statesmanlike statesman that the American nation has had - Franklin
Delano Roosevelt - Friend of humanity - Humanity itself palpitating
in his heart - As a tribute of gratitude for the noble work which in
past years and forever he has done for Hispanic America. =
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January 2, 1945.
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Respectfully referred to the
Department of the Interior for con-
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WILLIAM D. HASSETT
Secretary to the President
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Letter to the President, dated 12/2/44. Written in Spanish.
Translator's Summary.
In re: Writer sends the President his latest book of poems
entitled "Reclinatorio, Acetre y Corazon" (Priedieu, Aspersorium
and Heart), and calls his attention to a poem on page 185 entitled
"Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Man". This poem was published in
various Latin American newspapers and translated into English.
The dedication on the fly-lear reads as follows: "To the most
statesmanlike statesman that the American nation has had - Franklin
Delano Roosevelt - Friend of humanity - Humanity itself palpitating
in his heart - As a tribute of gratitude for the noble work which in
past years and forever he has done for Hispanic America. =
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Remarks
Form 1,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Central Translating Division
TC no. 7169
TRANSLATOR'S SUMMARY OF COMMUNICATION
Language:
Spanish
Date of communication:
December 2, 1944
Addressed to:
The President
Name and address of writer: Mr. Pedro Juan Labarthe,
P. O. Box 2226,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Substance of writer's statements:
The writer sends the President his latest book of
poems entitled "Reclinatorio, Acetre y Corazon" (Priedieu,
Aspersorium and Heart), and calls his attention to a poem
on page 185 entitled "Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Man."
He also states that the poem was published in various Latin
American newspapers and translated into English.
The dedication on the fly-leaf reads as follows:
"To the most statesmanlike statesman that the American
nation has had - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Friend of
humanity. - Humanity itself palpitating in his heart - As
a tribute of gratitude for the noble work which in past
years and forever he has done for Hispanic America.
Sincerely,
Juan Labarthe."
Remarks
December 22, 1944
Re spectfully referred by memorandum to the Department of State f.r
translation.
M. C. LATTA
Executive Clerk
Letters to the President
MAYEA, Marie Ida Mme., No street address, Detroit, Michigan 12/18/44
GUERRERA, Faveo L., Ave. Lquitos #589, Lima. Peru 11/9/44
NUSBANN, E., 111 Watson Avenue, Newark, New Jersey No date
PABORI, Josa No. 7 Camacho Callejou, Ponce, Puerto Rico 12/17/44
ARAIZ, Mercedis Castillo V., Superior, Arizona 12/18/44
BOURDET, Carmen de #6 Guatemala, 12/14/44
REGINELLI, Rinaldo A., 4039 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Penna., 12/16/44
DUME STE, Mme., Hotel Cowring Club, Crau, Algeric 11/9/44
GONZALEZ, Ostilio Camp Elias, Edo Trijillo 11/14/44
LABARTHE, Pedro Juan Apartado 2226, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Club Eugenio Maria de
Hostos) Magazine 12/2/44
KNIGHT, Mabel F. Miss c/o American Embassy, Mexico, D.F. Mexico 12/7/44
Urges the President to aid our American Indians and to use his influence
to pass the S. 12180 Report No. 1031 and to repeal the Indian Recrganization
Act. Referred to the Department of Interior.
*INGLIS, Elizabeth R. Mrs., 3309 Texas Avenue, Houston 3, Texas 12/12/44
Seeks help in having her brother, Pfc. Clifford L. Cunningham, USMCR,
transferred to an engineering school. (Enclosos a POEM). Referred to
Navy Department, U. S. Marine Corps.
SOLOMON, William 121 Cottor Avenue, Somerset, Kentucky 12/15/44 Writer has
boon dishonorably discharged from the army. Seeks help in having discharged
papers changed to honorable. Referred to War Department.
ROBBINS, Mary Jane Mrs., 643 D. 90th Place, Chicago 19, Ill., 12/14/44
Requests further information re her husband's death. Reports she requested
a furlough for him last July, He was killed in France. His name is
Cpl. Howard Victor Robbins. Referred to War Department.
January 3, 1945
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My dear Mr. Leven:
Thank you in the President's behalf
for your friendliness in sending him the candy
as a Christmas remembrance. He is most appreci-
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Dec. containing 27, 1944 lb. box of chocolates that recieved parcel
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him for Christmas. Says he has put it in his office at the Library. The President
further states he was interested to learn that Mr. Latta grows holly in his backyard.
It was really lovely and they decorated the front hall with it. In closing the
President says he is sorry to learn that Mr. Latta has been "under the weather" but
hopes he is feeling better, and to take good care of himself and not to come out too
soon.
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DAVIES, Hon. Joseph E.
Washington, D. C.,
Jan. 3, 1945.
The President wrote thanking him for attractive cigarette box with the reproduction of
the "Sea Cloud". The President expressed appreciation for the cigarette holder and for
two bottles of old and rare liquid refreshment, which he said would be carefully guarded
by him and opened only for a special occasion.
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and to extend his best wishes to you for the
coming year.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mrs. Marion Granstone Leonard,
502 Tremont Avenue,
Pleasantville,
New Jersey.
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Bligious plaque, one book ends, one desk stand, two ash trays and glass humidor,
orprint neck scarf, one "snap" book with Scottie on it, box with two hang-up small
Sels, one a lighthouse and one an achor. (Garage mail room.)
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The President on above date thanked Mr. Ambassador for the delicious caviar
and liqueurs sent him for Xmas. and extends best wishes for a Happier New Year.
(att. card from Ambassador & Mrs. Cromyko extending New Year greetings)
put with President's gifts.
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Dear Lube:
Thank you ever 80 much for that
prize bottle of "Old Reserve" which you gave
to me for Christmas. I need not tell you
that I shall enjoy it.
And, by the way, I have an awful
feeling that 1 never thanked you personally
for that bottle of wonderful Gordon gin which
you gave to me sometime ago. I am most appre-
ciative of your nice thought of me always.
With my warm regards and every best
wish for a Happier New Year,
Affectionately,
X*4529 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Dr. Isador Lubin,
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My dear Mr. Law:
Please accept the President's thanks
for your letter of December twenty-second, and
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1945 calendar. He sincerely appreciates your
friendly good wishes.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Office of the Vice President
Wash. D.C.
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Let. to Miss Tully stating Mr. Willi Gunzburger and Mr. Jacques Schwälbe
have sent the President and Mr. Wallace cigarette lighters - both lighters arrived
in the same package and he is enclosing the one intended for the President.
The President on 1/10/45 wrote Mr. Schwalbe and Mr. Gunzburger thanking
them for the beautiful gold lighter the Vice President sent to him.
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Hon Franklin H. Roosevell,
Pilalus
President of the united states
white House, Washington N.b.
pear President Roosevelt:-
picture of the British blocade rummer "bolonel wamb"
under separate cover, I am mailing to you the
which I thought you might like to have among your
collection of Kessels. It was one of the first steel ships
This Vessel had been sold to the Grecian navy soon after
The fastest ship aflote, mitie her loss in the mersy
the capture of Fort Fisher on The bape Fear River H.b.
during the war between the States also blocade rummer
"a.N. name", The "night Hank' #Banshee on accomnt of this
globel was I could not have it framed at Williamsburg
V irginia
ded Fort Fisher which had the longest hand to hand
bol. William Lamb of nortolk, Va., built and comman-
fight in The Consederatecy, Two of The greatest bombard
had a model of this fort
ments m the world by The Federal fleets, West Point
+ was dgent of bastner burran tBullitt during The
my father bol wornb mamed The steam coal Pocahontas"
of Bugipment under admiral Bradford Burchased vessels
M.C. at The Shorham Hotel was agent for the Beaureau
Spanish american war, was stationed in Washing ton
for The navy Jarmy bong hi from Bogel tbo, Hamburg The
SS. Ratia". from Germanly which became The army
Transport General Summer", supplied admiral Henvey
with coal at manila of couled The "US. oregon" on her
trip arround bape Horn which was commanded by bapt
blark The "oregon" was built on The Bibical dementions
of nation ark for sea worthyness. bapt blark lectured m.
The academy of music to a large drowd of the yellow pene
which was a three the Those on The Pacific coast
Chmease and training Their millions of yellow men
at that Time of the Germans + The japo conquoing The
I was a junior partner of William Lamb Ho., inchard of
point, while bol wamp was in Washington M.b.
shipments of boal from The n.tw Ry preass at Lamberts
alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa to Elisha Parmale in 1779
my Father formd the lost Charter party issuel by the Va.
to establish the alpha of mass, Bay at Harvard it was
signed by William short, Prest+ other PhiBeta Kappa,
Father while dining at mr I Ropes 99 mt Vernon Street
he reconized the signitures, brought The Charter back to
riginia then later ther George elashington Coleman
of williamsourg went to Haward and returned same
Haward had made facsimile of the origional and gavea
of the QBX, l would appreciate it if president Roosevelt
copy of same to those at Harvard who fecame members
who I think was at Harvard as a student at ther time
I wonld like to know if he received a copy of the charter
given the alpha of mass, when he became a Phi Beta
Kappa I am enclosing some notes I coppied from
the diary of William hamp m regart to the B.X alsoabout
troops had evacuated the bity, during the was. of his
nortalk Va to The Federals as all of The confiderate
my grand father William Wilson wamb who surrenderes
wife's family prayer he marries a cousin.
my father hamp was thairman at Three national
conventions Breconridge +Lane Memocratic ticket nov,
of a commity being formed to establish The Publick
6th 1860. He was to young to be elected but was the cause
school system which he advocated on his Traket, based
went to school. The Harrison Thorton Convention V the mckinly
on The public school system of Commeticut where he had
+ Habart where he prosided
I am enclosing a copy of The "Spanish ship Buena Venting
publish in The Virginia Engethe.
bol Williams Lamb's grandson his namesake has been
an ardent supporter of Rosevelt and The new Neal and
sack. n.g. and is in bharge of The blassified Directory
especially this 1944 election, my for Billy lives in Hacken-
of the Bell Telephone 60, in charge of their Jersey bity office.
yours Sincerely
Henry whiting Jamb
Friday, November 19, 1943
THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE
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INCIDENTS IN HAMPTON ROADS
had been fired from the U. S.
entered the ship.
long association with his
Flagship Brooklyn. Later in the
That night Mr. Lamb enter-
father, Colonel William La
AT END OF THE SPANISH WAR
day the Swedish captain enter-
tained the Swedish captain and his
his connection with the S
tained on board his ship for Mrs.
officers at a banquet held at the
industry at the close of t
Henry Lamb who had invited a
Monticello Hotel. Present at the
century makes him well av
Navy Day Celebration Recalls Happy Memories of Early
number of her friends to accom-
affair were the Norfolk city offi-
day of the vast changes i
Days of Shipping in the Peninsula Area by Henry W.
pany her. They were shown the
cials and other prominent citizens
and armament. Our Navy
highest honors by the captain and
who were invited to meet the
Lamb, Now Williamsburg Resident.
the best in the world, an
his crew as they boarded the "El-
Swedish party.
Uncle Sam's Navy sweepi
eda". Two lines of sailors and
In all the happenings of these
high seas with his might
The recent celebration of Navy
for his services at Norfolk as
marines were drawn up on the
days now gone, Henry Lamb has
we will fast rid the world
Day in Wiliamsburg very forcibly
Swedish Consul. Henry Lamb
deck at present arms as the ladies
many a happy recollection. His
Axis tyrants.
brought to mind the scenes at the
was at the time vice-consul in his
Hampton Reads Navy yards at
father's office and since Colonel
Virginia,
Norfolk and Portsmouth during
Lamb was absent at the time of
tte was entertained.
the end of the Spanish war. Rec-
the visit of the Swedish ship, the
zation occurred June 15, 1856. Prof. Totten allu
ollections of these days were re-
duty of entertaining the Swedish
lliam Short empowered in due form to revive
lated to the Virginia Gazette in an
captain and his officers and men
S the parent branch. See The Phi Beta Kappa
interview with Henry W. Lamb of
fell to young Henry. He took the
this city.
visitors to the Navy Yard at Nor-
The late Colonel William Lamb
the time my father Col. William Lamp was a
folk to inspect the badly damaged
of Norfolk, father of Henry Lamb,
"Rena Mercedes". According to
nd Mary.
was at the time the senior partner
Mr. Lamb this was the first time
lieved that the mother chapter was entirely
of William Lamb and Company in
that any European country had
1893. The records, however, show that there
the ship and towing business in
seen the effects of shell fire on
1875. The following is an extract transcript
Hampton Roads. Henry Lamb, the
modern war vessels. These shells
n the minutes of the present secretary:
son, was junior partner and in
charge of the fleet of tugs and
Junior Red Cross
barges used in placing ships in po-
i Beta Kappa.
sition for receiving supplies at
Drive Totals $90.97
oceedings of the Phi Beta Kappa meeting in
Lambert's Point.
ia, July 2, 1875, at the President's House.
Mr. Lamb tells many interest-
Mrs. R. D. McCreary, Chairman
enjamin Ewell, Rev. Dr. George T. Wilmer, Gen.
ing stories of the Spanish War
of Junior Red Cross of James
co, Rev. A.M. Randolph and Col. William Lamb
period and related the story of the
City County Chapter, announced
S of the Phi Beta Kappa society and organized
sinking of the Spanish ship, the
the successful completion of the
lmer as president and Col. Lamb as secretary.
"Rena Mercedes", off Santiago,
Cuba, by the American fleet un-
national enrollment which began
en. Taliaferro, the following resolution was
der the command of Admiral
November 1 and ended November
t Col. Lamb be appointed a committee to collect
Schley After the war this ship
15. The Junior Red Cross is busy
branch of the society and also, to correspond
was raised by a wrecking company
now making Thanksgiving and
of the societyin the United States for the
and towed to Hampton Roads.
Christmas favors for men in the
hn themof the active existance of this, the Alpha
Upon arrival there Henry Lamb
various camp hospitals on the Vir-
ginia Peninsula. There will be a
of requesting that they will communicate to us
took charge and towed the boat
window display of these articles
transactions as they have of the past and may
into the Norfolk Navy yard. Mr.
Lamb recalls that the deck of the
in Williamsburg, beginning Janu-
and express our desire to establish renewed
towing tug which brought the
ary 17th.
ions with them.
great battle ship into port, was all
According to information re-
following gentlemen were nominated for membership
ceived from Mrs. R. N. McCray,
decked out with flying colors,
y A. Wise, L.B. Wharton, Charles Dod, Richard A. Wise
among them the Spanish flag cap-
membership chairman for Junior
S. On motion meeting adjourned until afternoon.
tured during the engagement.
Red Cross, the total collected in
James City County schools was
July 2 1875 Afternoon.
Among the other flags flying was
one taken from the first Spanish
$90.97 in the enrollment campaign
of the Phi Beta Kappa reassembled. Dr Wilmer
ship captured, the "Buena Ven-
just ended. Of this amount, $24.50
ol. Lamb as secretary.
tura," which had been presented
will be retained by the local chap-
ne following gentlemen nominated at the previous
to Henry Lamb as a souvenir. An-
ter for memberships, and the bal-
ed members:
other Spanish flag of importance
ance of $66.47 will go to national
de Jr.
taken was the flag of the Captain
headquarters for the National
Gen. Henry A. Wise
Children's Fund of the American
arton
Prof. Charles Dod
of the Port of San Juan, Puerto
Red Cross.
A. Wise
William Reynolds
Rico, which was presented to Mr.
Assistance to children in many
Lamb along with a five-inch shell
he society adjourned.
war-stricken countries, and disas-
from the flagship "Brooklyn".
Signed William Lamb
ters in the United States, was pro-
An interesting story told by Mr.
vided last year through the Junior
Secretary.
Lamb was about the Swedish
Red Cross National Children's
training ship "Eleda", Captain
Fund. One of the most recent
Seaborn commanding. This ship
projects on which the Junior Red
was sent on a visit to Norfolk as a
Cross worked was in providing
compliment to his father, Colonel
toys and books for the children
William Lamb, who had just been
coming home from the Far East on
knighted by King Oscar of Swoden
the Swedish liner
# 1
William Short became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa April
15, 1777, being the second member to be received after the
organization and continued in active service until the society
was disbanded January 6, 1781, at which he was present.
His name heads the list of members who signed the charter
authorizing the establishment of branches at Harvard and Yale.
The name used in the charter granted to Harvard in 1779
is " The 0 B K ". Thus at a date,a little more than two years
after the founding of the society the greek, letters were used as
its name. ( Page 302 and 303. The 0 B K Key of October 1920.)
My fater lived at the home of Prof. Totten on Nicholson
Street Williamsburg, Virginia, now known as the Randolph Peacny
House, where LaFayette was entertained.
That reorganization occurred June 15, 1856. Prof. Totten allu
Snead had been by William Short empowered in due form to revive
and re-establish this the parent branch. See The Phi Beta Kappa
Key Vol 2 page 463.
This was about the time my father Col. William Lamp was a
Student of William and Mary.
It has been believed that the mother chapter was entirely
dormant from 1861 to 1893. The records, however, show that there
was a faint revival 1875. The following is an extract transcript
of the first entry in the minutes of the present secretary:
Phi Beta Kappa.
Copy of the proceedings of the Phi Beta Kappa meeting in
Williamsburg, Virginia, July 2, 1875, at the President's House.
At noon President Benjamin Ewell, Rev. Dr. George T. Wilmer, Gen.
William B. Taliaferro, Rev. A.M. Randolph and Col. William Lamb
assembled as members of the Phi Beta Kappa society and organized
by appointing Dr. Wilmer as president and Col. Lamb as secretary.
On motion of Gen. Taliaferro, the following resolution was
passed: Resolve: that Col. Lamb be appointed a committee to collect
the records of this branch of the society and also, to correspond
with other branches of the societyin the United States for the
purpose of informing themof the active existance of this, the Alpha
of the society and of requesting that they will communicate to us
such copies of any transactions as they have of the past and may
have in the future, and express our desire to establish renewed
and fraternal relations with them.
On motion the following gentlemen were nominated for membership
John Goode Jr., Henry A. Wise, L.B. Wharton, Charles Dod, Richard A. Wise
and William Reynolds. On motion meeting adjourned until afternoon.
July 2 1875 Afternoon.
The meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa reassembled. Dr Wilmer
in the chair and Col. Lamb as secretary.
On motion, the following gentlemen nominated at the previous
meeting were elected members:
Hon. John Goode Jr.
Gen. Henry A. Wise
Rev. L.B. Wharton
Prof. Charles Dod
Dr. Richard A. Wise
William Reynolds
On motion, the society adjourned.
Signed William Lamb
Secretary.
# 2
No initiation is recorded; but one of the above was initiated
many years later. ( By Col. Lamb Page 319 The Phi Beta Kappa Key Oct
1920.)
The revival of 1893 has become a part of the records of the
general society. In that revival Col. Lamb took a prominate part,
succeeding President Ewell as president of the chapter. No more
devoted Phi Beta Kappa ever lived; there should be a tablet to his
memory on the walls of the Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Building now
being advocated by the friends of the chapter.
Societus Philosphine - Society of Philosopy.
President William Short of Alpha.
"Short was at Williamsburg, Virginia in 1849 just before his death.
He revived the chapter, initiated Ewell and others. They initiated men
from 1849 to 1861. Reorganization occurred June 25, 1851, by Prof. Snead
and Totten who had been by William Short " empowered in due form to
receiveeestablish this the parent branch 11_
" The 0 B K "
The name used in the chapter granted to Harvard in 1779.
Thus at a date a little more than two years after the founding U1
the society, the greek letters were used as its name.
It was at Prof. Totten's house where my father lived when he
was a student at the college of William and Mary, the house is on
Nicholson Street, facing the Court House. Mr. Ball occupies the house
now, and it is where La Fayette was entertained by Mrs. Peachy, now
known as the Peachy - Randolph House.
In the collection of letters of William Short, among the most
important letter is one from La Fayette when taken a prisoner by the
Austrians.
Reference The 1 B K Key Oct, 1920 page 315.
To me, it seems a strange incident that when William Short
revived the Phi Beta Kappa in 1849, that the above house was the home 01
Prof. Totten and also my father lived there and that La Fayette a
great friend of William Short was entertained by a Mrs. Peachy at
the same house.
My uncle Dr. George Loring Porter who was a Phi Beta Kappa
at Brown University, Providence and married my mother's younger
sister ( Marie Chaffee ). Dr. Borter's mother was determined that he
should be a scholar and when he was a very small child she carried
him to his first school on a pillow. He was commissioned assistant sur-
geon, U.S. Army, with the rank of first lieutenant. The Union Army
retreated down the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and Dr. Porter who
had chosen to remain with the sick and wounded, was captured by Col.
Ashby of the Virginia Calvery. Gen. 11 Stonewall IT Jackson at once
placed him in charge and requested him to care for the Confederate
wounded also. He was in all battles until the surrender of Gen. Lee
with the Confederates.
He was post surgeon at Washington Arsenal from May 1864 to 1867.
After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, he was given charge of the
secret burial of John Wilkes Booth's body; he had medical charge of the
conspirators who were imprisoned in the old penitentiary building; was
present at the hanging of five of them and accompanied the others to
Dry Tortugas. There is an interesting illustrated article in the
Columbian Magazine, April 1911, covering the whole story and The Reader's
Digest - The Man Who Killed Lincoln March, 1939.
# 3
From the diary of William Lamb.
Saturday, Aug. 31st, 1895.
Received printed notice of the Phi Beta Kappa meeting of the
United Chapters to be held in Satatoga Sept. 11th from Rev. E.B. Parsons
D.D. Secretary and Treasurer.
wednesday, Sept. 11th, 1895.
I was elected one of the Senators Phi Beta Kappa for 1895.
Monday, Uct. 14th, 1895.
Received an invitation fron the Military Historical society OI
Mass. through Mr. John C. Ropes of Boston to deliver a lecture this
winter or next spring on the Battle of Fort Fisher.
Sunday, Nov. 17th, 1895.
wrote an application for Madge to the Great Bridge Chapter,
Daughters of the Revolution, as a descendant of Richard Lamb,
Continental Quarter master during 1780-1781.
Fridgy, Dec. 13th, 1895.
wrote long letter to Col. william E. Peters, Prof. of latin
at University of Virginia and informed him that Gen. Custis and myself
would deliver to-gether some lecturesfor the benefit of the re-building
fund.
Monday, Feb. 3rd, 1896
Feby 3rd ticket to Boston went to Mr. J.R. Ropes 99 Mt. Vernon
Street. spent a pleasant evening with my host. He presented me with the
orginal charter party issued by the Virginia alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa
to Elisha Parmale in 1779 to establish the alpha of Mass. Bay at
Harvard. It was signed by william Short, Prest and other Phi Beta Kappa.
Tuesday, Feby, 4th, 1896.
Dined at Mr. Ropes with following: Maj. Wm R. Livermore, U.S. Eng.
Lieut. Edw. H. Eldridge Mass. militia, J. steward Bryan of Richmond, Va.
Col. Thos. F. Edmonds late 24 Mass. Rgt. Commanding 1st Corp Cadets,
Col. Pears Jr., Dr. John Hemans, Dr. H.Brigham librarian military
historical Society, Capt. Howard stockton of McDowall's staff, Judge
Wm. L. Putman of Portland Me. U.S. Circuit Court, At 8 P.M. rode to
the Boston Cadet Armory and read a paper on ff The defence of Fort Fisher"
before Mass Historical Society. Gen. Francis A. Walker, president. L
was enthusiastically received and apparently greathy my auditors.
Wednesday, Feby 5th, 1896
Called on Miss R.L. Duncan author Couthoy Letters, she gave me
a photograph of Capt. Couthoy. At 7 P.M. met at dinner given by Mr.
Ropes Thos. Jefferson Coolidge, May. John E. Gray, Prof. of law at
Cambridge, Lieut. Comdr. Jas. Giles Eaton U.S.N., Col. Franklin Haven
of McDowall's Staff, Prest merchts Nat. Bank, Genl Francis A. Walker
Prest Institute of Tech., Dr. John Homans late Medical director U.S.N.
Francis E. Peabody banker, E.M. Wheelwright architect, Col. Thos. L. Liver
more and Admiral Belknap. Left at midnight for New York.
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Ancestors of the Wife of Col. William Lamb.
Sarah Anne ( Chaffee) Lamb his wife who's father was Edwin Marcus Chad
Chaffe, the inventor of a process for making rubber, which was formerly
required to dissolve without the use of a solvent. The machine which
he invented was known as " Chaffe's Monster" and was the forerunner of
the calenders which were later used in all rubber factories. He was a
pardner with Goodyear, became president of the National Rubber Co.
and açquired quite a fortune and for some years lived in a historic
ghost haunted house, Haley Mansion on Prospect Street in Providence.
This Chaffe invention and exploration was the real foundation of the
present vast rubber business in United States. His wife Sarah's mother
( who was Sarah Anne Simson ) was born in England and as a child played
in the grounds of Windsor Castle. She preferred to live in Scotland with
her mother who was a Lindsay of Scotland ( descended from Sir David
Lindsay who defeated the Black Douglas ) because her half brother$sand siste:
made fun of her broad Scotch accent. Sarah's father was a physcian, a
graduate of the University of Edinburgh; he and his brother experimented
with chloroform and one of them administered chloroform to Queen Victoria
at CHILL Dirth, the first time given to royalty Jas + before Sarah was
born, on a voyage over in a sailing vessel there was a terrible storm
and Sarah was all her life terrified and made sick by such storms. She
went to school with James Russel Lowell and from a story came down that
his mother made him wear leather patches on his trouser knees.
In the middle of April, 1853 an event occurred which had a greater
influence on popular acceptence of anesthesia at childbirth not only in Gra
Great Britian but in America as well, than all the effects of Simpson
to overcome the Church opposition. Queen Victoria accepted chloroform
for the delivery of her seventh child Prince Leopold. Again in 1857 the
Queen accepted chloroform for her confinement. Formal opposition ceased
in Great Britain thereafter and chloroform was referred to as anesthesia
a la reine.
Lord Melvern Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister was a cólateral
branch of the Lamb our family in England.
The relation of Dr. Radcliffe and Queen Anne illustrate the
physician's attitude of caution for fear of vengeance in case of failure
in cure. Dr. Ratcliffe was one of the most prominent English physicians
in the seventhcentury and had been the physician of William and Mary.
You have heard of pardons being signed for physicians, before a sovereign
dies.
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Mr. Eugene Lapura,
1907 - 10th Road,
South Arlington,
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Notes.
Prayer book of Mrs. Lamb, wife of William Wilson Lamb, who was
mayor of Norfolk at the time 2 he surrendered the city to Maj. Gen.
John E. Wool, on May 10, 1862. Mayor Lamb and his wife were prisoners
and confined in Fortress Monroe and in prison there when Jefferson
Daves was a prisoner there also. Some of Gen. Benjamon Butter's men
had taken the prayer book from my grandfather's home on Bute Street
in Norfolk and latter blotting out my grandmother's name in the prayer
book had sold it in the North as belonging to Mr. Jefferson Davis.
In the above prayer book were genealogical notes since 1702
showing the record of Colonial ancesters of the Lamb's as follows:
Ann Martin daughter of the widow Ann Martin of Edenton N.C.,
married James Corbet of Kenmure ( near Glasgow ) in Scotland in the
year 1748. She died the next year in childbed, leaving a daughter
Ann Corbet who married Sam Kerr who was one of my ancesters.
Read from inked portion of the prayer book of Mrs. Lamb wife
William Wilson Lamb.
Margaret K. Lamb a gift from her parents William Wilson Lamb
and Agnes A. Wilson.
1832
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1702
Ann Stuart second daughter of James aged 37 wife of the Prince 01
Denmark 1702.
Her British Majesty Queen Anne
Semper Eadem
Died in the 50th year
Reigned 13 years.
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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The President asks me to thank you
and the members of your family for your kindness
in sending him that beautiful tie and scarf set
as a Christmas remembrance. He deeply appreci-
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good wishes to all.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Sincerely yours,
Tully
G. Chief of Protocol
Enclosure:
Book, returned.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FORVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
DEFENSE
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
ARTMENT OF STATE
Book "ASI LO VEO YO"
WASHINGTON
on
stripping desk
January 20, 1945
My dear Miss Tully:
In compliance with your memorandum of is 1945,
I am returning herewith the book Asi lo veo yo..., sent to
the President by the author, Mr. Samuel Licht, of Montevideo,
Uruguay.
The American Embassy at Montevideo has been requested
to thank Mr. Licht on behalf of the President for his
courtesy.
Sincerely yours,
Chief of Protocol
Enclosure:
Book, returned.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FORVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
DEFENSE
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
TO BE SENT WITH MEMO OF JANUARY 16
ADDRESSED TO HONORABLE GEORGE T.
SUMMERLIN, Chief of Protocol,
State Department,
TMENT OF STATE
Washington D.C.
WASHINGTON
January 20, 1945
My dear Miss Tully:
In compliance with your memorandum of 1945,
I am returning herewith the book Asi lo veo yo , sent to
the President by the author, Mr. Samuel Licht, of Montevideo,
Uruguay.
The American Embassy at Montevideo has been requested
to thank Mr. Licht on behalf of the President for his
courtesy.
Sincerely yours,
Chief of Protocol
Enclosure:
Book, returned.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FORVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
DEFENSE
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
FICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO
SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON, D. c.
PM
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
$
WASHINGTON
In reply refer to
January 20, 1945
PR
My dear Miss Tully:
In compliance with your memorandum of January 16, 1945,
I am returning herewith the book Asi lo veo yo..., sent to
the President by the author, Mr. Samuel Licht, of Montevideo,
Uruguay.
The American Embassy at Montevideo has been requested
to thank Mr. Licht on behalf of the President for his
courtesy.
Sincerely yours,
G. Chief of Protocol
Enclosure:
Book, returned.
Miss Grace G. Tully,
The White House.
FORVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
DEFENSE
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
With
P.P.7 9-L
January 17, 1945
Street
New
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New
York
Gentlemen:
Permit me to acknowledge the receipt
of the copy of the book PIONEERS IN WORLD ORDER.
I want to assure you that the President appreci-
ates your courtesy in sending the volume to him.
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Very sincerely yours,
P.P.7
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Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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League of Nations Association, Inc.,
8 West 40th Street,
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With the compliments
as
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of the
LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASSOCIATION, Inc.
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8 West 40th Street
New York 18, New York
My dear Mr. Levandis:
It was kind of you to send the Presi-
dent a copy of your book THE GREEK FOREIGN DEBT
AND THE GREAT POWERS, 1821-1898. Permit me to
thank you in his behalf and to assure you that
your courtesy is much appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
X
PP7
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Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mr. John A. Levandis,
c/o Columbia University Press,
2960 Broadway,
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New York, N. Y.
P.P.7
9-L
January 17, 1945
My dear Mr. Levandis:
It was kind of you to send the Presi-
dent a copy of your book THE GREEK FOREIGN DEBT
AND THE GREAT POWERS, 1821-1898. Permit me to
thank you in his behalf and to assure you that
your courtesy is much appreciated.
Very sincerely yours,
X
PP7
q-B
Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mr. John A. Levandis,
c/o Columbia University Press,
2960 Broadway,
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New York, N. Y.
P.P.7. 7.
Florence B. Lewis
January 9, 1945.
q-f
1 to you for send-
ing me the booklet "Over the Japs in the
Marianas" by Lt. (jg) Don Lewis. I have only
had a chance to glance through it, but it looks
very interesting. Thank you ever 80 much for
thinking of me.
With all good wishes to you for the
New Year,
Very sincerely yours,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Lewis,
Haworth, New Jersey.
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P.P.7.
luary 9, 1945.
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to you for send-
Japs in the
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Tranklin Delano Roosevelt
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and
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
ever 80 much for
whose work for Humanity
has feen an inspiration to
to you for the
presented Therencend Walter Kewis. / yours,
us all this little book is humbly
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Lewis,
Haworth, New Jersey.
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putrac writ gifts
P.P.7.
January 9, 1945.
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Dear Mr. and Mrs. Lewis:
I am indeed grateful to you for send-
ing me the booklet "Over the Japs in the
Marianas" by Lt. (jg) Don Lewis. I have only
had a chance to glance through it, but it looks
very interesting. Thank you ever so much for
thinking of me.
With all good wishes to you for the
New Year,
Very sincerely yours,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Lewis,
Haworth, New Jersey.
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pp.77
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February 1, 1945
My dear Mr. and Mrs. Langer:
Many thanks to you and to the mem-
bers of your family for your kind thought in
sending the President that beautiful basket
of flowers. I can assure you that your
friendly remembrance of his birthday will
please him very much.
Very sincerely yours,
+ PP7
q-7
Grace G. Tully
- Private Secretary
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Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Langer,
Forestville,
Connecticut.
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February 1, 1945
My dear Mr. and Mrs. Langer:
Many thanks to you and to the mem-
bors of your family for your kind thought in
sending the President that beautiful basket
of flowers. I can assure you that your
friendly remembrance of his birthday will
please him very much.
Very sincerely yours,
Grace 0. Tully
Private Secretary
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Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Langer,
Forestville,
Connecticut.