Woodrow Wilson to Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner

Woodrow Wilson to Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

WWP19527

1901 February 14

Woodrow Wilson writes the wife of John Lyon Gardiner to thank her for writing to his publisher, to correct a mis-statement in his book.

Eleanor Wilson McAdoo Papers, University of California, Santa Barbara

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence

English

Princeton, New Jersey,

14 February, 1901

Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner,
Bridge Hampton, LI


My dear Madam,

Allow me to thank you for your letter of January 11th, forwarded to me to-day by my publishers (was the date written “Jan’y” by mistake for February?). It was not really ignorance on my part that led to the misstatement you point out. I knew, of course, that Lion Gardiner built the first fort at Saybrook. He was crowded out of my sentence by a careless effort at condensation. In the book there will be room to tell the facts more exactly. I am sorry the mistake should thus have crept in.

Sincerely Yours,

Woodrow Wilson

Letter

Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner