Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938
Identifier
WWP25022
Date
1917 July 25
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Cobb, Frank Irving, 1869-1923
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938
World War, 1914-1918--United States
United States--Politics and government--1913-1921
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
The President,
The White House, Washington.
Dear Governor:
Your letter about the challenge of the WORLD to the TAGEBLATT has come. It was addressed to Manchester instead of Magnolia which delayed it.
I have been conscious of the pitfalls in such a debate, but I believe they can be avoided. Cobb writes me this morning as follows:
“I shall try to work out a general plan embodying my own theory in that debate and send it to you in a few days. The more I think of it, the more it appeals to me”.
When I receive his plan I will write further.
Affectionately yours,
EM House
Magnolia, Mass.
The White House, Washington.
Dear Governor:
Your letter about the challenge of the WORLD to the TAGEBLATT has come. It was addressed to Manchester instead of Magnolia which delayed it.
I have been conscious of the pitfalls in such a debate, but I believe they can be avoided. Cobb writes me this morning as follows:
“I shall try to work out a general plan embodying my own theory in that debate and send it to you in a few days. The more I think of it, the more it appeals to me”.
When I receive his plan I will write further.
Affectionately yours,
EM House
Magnolia, Mass.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938, “Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 July 25, WWP25022, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.