Woodrow Wilson to Mrs. Christian Baker

Title

Woodrow Wilson to Mrs. Christian Baker

Creator

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Identifier

WWP22679

Date

1903 April 20

Description

Woodrow Wilson thanks Mrs. Christian S. Baker for her letter about his parents’ time in Staunton, Virginia.

Source

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Manuscript Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia

Language

English

Text

My dear Mrs. Baker:-

Mr. Williams brought me your letter of April 11th, and I have read it with the greatest interest and appreciation. What you recall of the early days of my father's residence in Staunton is very vivid, and makes for me very delightful reading.My father's last years were somewhat painful because there came with old age a thickening of the arteries, which resulted in a slow clogging of the action of the organs, and resulted finally in blood poisoning; but he kept to the last his fine spirits, and his mind was at no time in the least clouded.My dear mother died in 1887, and during the latter part of his life my father had moved rather restlessly from place to place because his children were all married, and his home broken up.
I wish very much that he had been able to see these lines of yours before he went; it would have cheered him very much to know how he was remembered, and to have the old days recalled.

Very cordially yours,
Woodrow Wilson

Original Format

Letter

To

Mrs. Christian Baker

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WW000062.pdf

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Citation

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Mrs. Christian Baker,” 1903 April 20, WWP22679, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Manuscript Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.