Woodrow Wilson to Jessie K. Dyer
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Jessie K. Dyer
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP25188
Date
1918 September 20
Description
President Wilson supports his niece giving a speech for the war campaign but does not have time to write it for her.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Finance--United States
Liberty bonds
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Relation
WWP25189
WWP25190
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
My dear Jessie:
I am very much interested in what you tell me of what you have been asked to do for the Liberty Loan Committee in Chicot County, and I wish with all my heart I could write the little speech you want me to write, but it is literally impossible. I can only send you this message to deliver in any form you see fit.
Please tell the people for me that this seems to me to be a war in which the American people are privileged to play a singular and noble part, because they have no selfish ends to serve and are fighting for the principles and ideals which have always lain at the very foundation of our own nation’s life. We are trying to extend to the world the gift of liberty and conscience and disinterested service of mankind, which were intended to be the contribution of America to the world. If ever it was worth while to pour out blood and money and make every conceivable sacrifice, it is worth while now, and every dollar invested in the Liberty Loan is a dollar invested in the prosperity and liberty of men at home and throughout all the nations of the world. We can withhold nothing, and we should give everything with the ardor of those absolutely devoted to a great cause.
In haste,
Affectionately yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Mrs. HH Dyer,
Dermott, Arkansas.
I am very much interested in what you tell me of what you have been asked to do for the Liberty Loan Committee in Chicot County, and I wish with all my heart I could write the little speech you want me to write, but it is literally impossible. I can only send you this message to deliver in any form you see fit.
Please tell the people for me that this seems to me to be a war in which the American people are privileged to play a singular and noble part, because they have no selfish ends to serve and are fighting for the principles and ideals which have always lain at the very foundation of our own nation’s life. We are trying to extend to the world the gift of liberty and conscience and disinterested service of mankind, which were intended to be the contribution of America to the world. If ever it was worth while to pour out blood and money and make every conceivable sacrifice, it is worth while now, and every dollar invested in the Liberty Loan is a dollar invested in the prosperity and liberty of men at home and throughout all the nations of the world. We can withhold nothing, and we should give everything with the ardor of those absolutely devoted to a great cause.
In haste,
Affectionately yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Mrs. HH Dyer,
Dermott, Arkansas.
Original Format
Letter
To
Dyer, Jessie Kennedy
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Jessie K. Dyer,” 1918 September 20, WWP25188, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.