Jean-Jules Jusserand to Newton D. Baker
Title
Jean-Jules Jusserand to Newton D. Baker
Creator
Jean-Jules Jusserand
Identifier
WWP25522
Date
1918 November 22
Description
Planning for accompanying President Wilson on the trip to France.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
World War, 1914-1918--United States
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
My dear Mr. Secretary,
It is most kind of the President to ask us to sail in his company, and we accept with much gratitude.
We earnestly beg that no one be put to any trouble on our account; the simplest accomodation is all we want, and will seem heavenly in comparison with what we had when we returned here in August 1914.
We intended to take with us two men servants and a maid (the wife of one of the two); but if this number is in any way inconvenient, I can very well send one or all of them to France by another route. If they came with us, they would of course be only too happy in case they could make themselves useful.
A unique journey: with a great Pilot on board, who will achieve his task as he began it.
Will you be so good as to convey to the President our united thanks? Believe me, my dear Mr. Secretary,
Very sincerely yours,
Jusserand
Hon. Newton D. Baker
Secretary of War
Washington
DC
It is most kind of the President to ask us to sail in his company, and we accept with much gratitude.
We earnestly beg that no one be put to any trouble on our account; the simplest accomodation is all we want, and will seem heavenly in comparison with what we had when we returned here in August 1914.
We intended to take with us two men servants and a maid (the wife of one of the two); but if this number is in any way inconvenient, I can very well send one or all of them to France by another route. If they came with us, they would of course be only too happy in case they could make themselves useful.
A unique journey: with a great Pilot on board, who will achieve his task as he began it.
Will you be so good as to convey to the President our united thanks? Believe me, my dear Mr. Secretary,
Very sincerely yours,
Jusserand
Hon. Newton D. Baker
Secretary of War
Washington
DC
Original Format
Letter
To
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937
Collection
Citation
Jean-Jules Jusserand, “Jean-Jules Jusserand to Newton D. Baker,” 1918 November 22, WWP25522, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.