Woodrow Wilson to John O. Cosgrave
Title
Woodrow Wilson to John O. Cosgrave
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP22722
Date
1914 January 10
Description
Woodrow Wilson declines to attend the dinner of the Authors’ League of America due to his work in Washington.
Source
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Manuscript Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
My dear Mr. Cosgrave:
Woodrow Wilson
I am very much complimented by your urgent invitation that I attend the dinner of the Authors' League of America, set for the fourteenth of February next, and wish most unaffectedly that it were possible for me to be present and show my interest and sympathy, but I have made it a point of duty to subordinate everything to my work at Washington and in pursuance of that policy have denied myself pleasures of this sort very consistently. I think that it is not right for the President to speak unless he has something to say and there is public occasion why he should say it, and this opinion of mine strengthens my scruple about accepting dinner invitations, however important and attractive.
Cordially and sincerely yours,Woodrow Wilson
Original Format
Letter
To
John O'Hara Cosgrave
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to John O. Cosgrave,” 1914 January 10, WWP22722, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Manuscript Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.