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Box 4

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

"Mother," (Florence L. Page), Rome, Italy, to Florence Lindsay, Southboro, Massachusetts, forwarded to Boston, Mass., 1918 October 1

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184537
Scope and Contents

Discusses consequences of an armistice; mentions her husband's difficulties with an overambitious officer; low Embassy budget. 20 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.

Dates: 1918 October 1

"Mother," (Florence L. Page), Rome, Italy, to Minna Burnaby, "Baggrave Hall," Leicestershire, England, 1918 October 2, 1918 October 3

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184538
Scope and Contents

Discusses possibility of a general armistice at Christmas time; family news. 20 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.

Dates: 1918 October 2, 1918 October 3

"Mother," (Florence L. Page), Rome, Italy, to Florence Lindsay, Southboro, Massachusetts, forwarded to Boston, Mass., 1918 October 6, 1918 October 7

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184539
Scope and Contents

Reports progress of the war; announces possibilty of peace; describes German crimes and dinner with Samuel Gompers. 28 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.

Dates: 1918 October 6, 1918 October 7

"Mother," (Florence L. Page), Rome, Italy, to Minna Burnaby, "Baggrave Hall," Leicestershire, England, 1918 October 8

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184540
Scope and Contents

Anticipates armistice; mentions dinner with Gompers; reports on Thomas N. Page's poor health; decides to leave Rome when peace is concluded. 20 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Including drawing by Thomas Nelson Page, "TNP's suggestion of Color on Black Dress." 1 pages.

Dates: 1918 October 8

"Mother," (Florence L. Page), Rome, Italy, to Florence Lindsay, Southboro, Massachusetts, forwarded to Boston, Mass., 1918 October 12, 1918 October 14

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184541
Scope and Contents

Reports on impending defeat; describes effects of war on Italy; discusses influenza. 32 page. Autograph Letter Signed.

Dates: 1918 October 12, 1918 October 14

"Mother," (Florence L. Page), Rome, Italy, to Minna Burnaby, "Baggrave Hall," Leicestershire, England, 1918 October 13

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184542
Scope and Contents

Discusses German atrocities; reports on Thomas N. Page's address to the Red Cross Group; family finances. 20 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.

Dates: 1918 October 13

Florence L. Page, Rome, Italy, to Helen Lathrop, Chicago, Illinois, forwarded to York Harbor, Maine, 1918 October 13, 1918 October 14

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184543
Scope and Contents

Discusses the Red Cross and Italy's poverty; explains Allied surrender conditions. 24 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.

Dates: 1918 October 13, 1918 October 14

"Mother," (Florence L. Page), Rome, Italy, to Minna Burnaby, "Baggrave Hall," Leicestershire, England, 1918 October 17, 1918 October 18

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184544
Scope and Contents

Talks about Germany's impending surrender; discusses President Wilson. 20 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.

Dates: 1918 October 17, 1918 October 18

"Mother," (Florence L. Page), Rome, Italy, to Minna Burnaby, "Baggrave Hall," Leicestershire, England, 1918 October 22

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184545
Scope and Contents

Discusses progress of the war; mentions Walter Hines Page; describes birthday presents. 20 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.

Dates: 1918 October 22

"Mother," (Florence L. Page), Rome, Italy, to Florence Lindsay, Southboro, Massachusetts, forwarded to Boston, Mass., 1918 October 26-28

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184546
Scope and Contents

Discusses the influenza epidemic; explains that President Wilson is awaiting Germany's reply to his note. 26 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.

Dates: 1918 October 26-28

"Mother," (Florence L. Page), Rome, Italy, to Minna Burnaby, "Baggrave Hall," Leicestershire, England, 1918 October 29

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184547
Scope and Contents

Discusses plans to return to the U.S.; family news. 18 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.

Dates: 1918 October 29

Correspondence, 1918 October

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: id184536
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains correspondence . Correspondence includes letters primarily from 1908-1919, from Nelson Page and his wife Florence Lathrop Field Page to her daughters Minna Field Gibson Burnaby, Florence Field Lindsay, Bryan Lathrop and Helen Aldis Lathrop. The letters concern social life in Washington, D.C., life in Rome during World War I, diplomacy under Woodrow Wilson, and the role of a diplomat's wife. There are forty letters, 1915-1916, from Algernon Edwin Burnaby to his wife...
Dates: 1918 October