Charles W. Eliot to Woodrow Wilson

Title

Charles W. Eliot to Woodrow Wilson

Creator

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

Identifier

WWP17589

Date

1913 March 20

Description

Charles W. Eliot writes to Woodrow Wilson declining the office of Ambassador to Great Britain.

Source

Wilson Papers, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia

Subject

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence

Text

TELEGRAM.

7WU. RA 20– 1:30 pm.
Cambridge, Massachusetts,
March 20, 1913.

President Woodrow Wilson.

I thank you sincerely, but still believe I had better work in familiar field during the rest of my life.

Charles W. Eliot.

Original Format

Letter

To

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Temp00042.pdf

Citation

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926, “Charles W. Eliot to Woodrow Wilson,” 1913 March 20, WWP17589, First Year Wilson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.