GR Cooksey to Benjamin Strong Jr.
Title
GR Cooksey to Benjamin Strong Jr.
Creator
GR Cooksey
Identifier
WWP18683
Date
1919 July 10
Description
G.R. Cooksey writes Benjamin Strong Jr. to send him a telegram from Carter Glass explaining why Glass could not attend a dinner in Strong's honor.
Source
Benjamin Strong Jr. Papers, New York Federal Reserve Bank
Language
English
Text
My dear Governor Strong
On the 14th of May, the Secretary sent a letter to Mr. Emerson expressing his deep regret that it would be impossible for him to attend the dinner which the Central Liberty Loan Committee of the Second Federal Reserve District desired to give in your honor on the 26th of that month. Later, I believe, the date was changed and the invitation to the Secretary was renewed. He thought that it would be possible for him to accept, but, as you probably recall, at the last moment developments in Washington rendered this out of the question. He consequently sent a telegram giving the reasons why he could not attend. The message was very brief, and it was made so because his letter of the 14th of May was intended for reading at the dinner in case he was not able to be present. I assume that the letter was forgotten by reason of the lapse of time, because I am told that only the Secretary’s telegram was read at the dinner. It occurred to me that in the circumstances possibly you had never seen a copy of it, and for that reason I am sending it herewith.
Assistant to the Secretary.
On the 14th of May, the Secretary sent a letter to Mr. Emerson expressing his deep regret that it would be impossible for him to attend the dinner which the Central Liberty Loan Committee of the Second Federal Reserve District desired to give in your honor on the 26th of that month. Later, I believe, the date was changed and the invitation to the Secretary was renewed. He thought that it would be possible for him to accept, but, as you probably recall, at the last moment developments in Washington rendered this out of the question. He consequently sent a telegram giving the reasons why he could not attend. The message was very brief, and it was made so because his letter of the 14th of May was intended for reading at the dinner in case he was not able to be present. I assume that the letter was forgotten by reason of the lapse of time, because I am told that only the Secretary’s telegram was read at the dinner. It occurred to me that in the circumstances possibly you had never seen a copy of it, and for that reason I am sending it herewith.
Assistant to the Secretary.
Original Format
Letter
To
Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928
Files
Collection
Citation
GR Cooksey, “GR Cooksey to Benjamin Strong Jr.,” 1919 July 10, WWP18683, Benjamin Strong Jr. Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.