Mosby, John S. (1833-1916) to: Sam Chapman
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03921.45 Author/Creator: Mosby, John S. (1833-1916) Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1914/05/03 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy
speech well received; "royal" reception in Canada; receiving social invitations in New York.
with
3 May 1914, Hotel Martinique
Broadway, 32d and 33d Sts.
New York City
Dear Sam:
I returned here two days ago & shall leave for Washington next Wednesday. I was royally recd. but the Canadians & the people of Toronto treated me with great hospitality. My lecture was delivered before the Military Institute & was well recd. A vote of ? after it was a ? vindication of Stuart. I have been rep? To repeat it here next Fall. Tomorrow I shall attend a dinner to ? ? the English actor at the Hotel Astor. The cream of N. Y. Society will be there. I am really worn out with dinners & lunches will the be glad to get some relief. Yesterday I got an invitation to a dinner to be given me at yale on the 4th - but I was glad of an excuse to decline it as it conflicts with the other dinner. Tafts Gov. Cameron Forbes of Boston (son of MajorForbes) was invited. I sent you a marked paper. I found a number inCanada who had read my book. If volunteers are called for I shall ask Woodrow to give me a brigade of ? - they can thus enjoy the man's privilege of dying for his country. You have done enough fighting so I want Woodrow to make you my chaplain - you can pray for the suffragettes. \
I hope you still hold the fort.
Sincerely
J.S. Mosby
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