Woodrow Wilson to Richard Heath Dabney

Title

Woodrow Wilson to Richard Heath Dabney

Creator

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Identifier

WWP20478

Date

1913 January 7

Description

Woodrow Wilson writes to Richard Heath Dabney about his trip to Staunton and the speech he gave.

Language

English

Text

My dear Heath:-

Thank you for sending me Tucker's letter. I think I understand perfectly his disconnection from the business failure at the Jamestown Exposition. But I am none the less glad to have the facts clearly stated.I need not tell you what a joy it was to see you. I am distressed to hear of the trouble you have been having with your nose, and am glad to believe that you are near the end of it. Mrs. Wilson and I did not notice anything particularly out of the way, only I had an uneasy feeling that you were not looking very well.The trip to Staunton did me no harm at all; indeed I came back feeling better than when I started. I have learned since I returned that there has been some suggestion in some of the papers, perhaps in the Times-Dispatch, that it was not very good taste on my part to give the talk I did to the machine men in the State. I hope this is not the general impression, because my friends will have to get used to my way of always having a dart for somebody, and when I speak I try to say it in as good natured a way as I can contrive on the spur of the moment. Indeed the whole passage was on the spur of the moment.

Affectionately yours,
Woodrow Wilson

Original Format

Letter

To

Dabney, Richard Heath, 1860-1947

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/UVA00491913.pdf

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Citation

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Richard Heath Dabney,” 1913 January 7, WWP20478, University of Virginia Woodrow Wilson Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.