James Bryce to Woodrow Wilson

I do not know whether you have yet decided if you will dine outside the White House, in Washington, during your term of office: and possibly you may wish to leave the question undetermined for the present. If however you have considered the point and have not resolved to exclude the possibility, may I say that it would give my wife and myself the liveliest pleasure to receive you and Mrs. Wilson under our roof tree here before we leave Washington, either quite alone, or with a very small number of friends, which ever you might prefer. In the latter event, perhaps you would kindly let me know if there are persons in particular whom you would like to have asked to meet you, and if you would also say whether Friday April 11th or Monday April 14th would be a suitable day for you.

If you think it better not to dine out at all, we shall of course quite understand the grounds of your decision, and will hope some day or other, if life is continued to us, to have the pleasure of receiving you in an English home.