Document Type
Letter
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Date
11-17-1915
Keywords
J. Reuben Clark, John Bassett Moore, Article, Newspaper, Divorce, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, Lucy Wortham James
Description
A handwritten letter from John Basset Moore to J. Reuben Clark dated November 17, 1915. Within, Moore expresses his shock upon discovering via a newspaper article that Huntington-Wilson and his wife Lucy Wortham James had been divorced.
Sender
John Bassett Moore
Recipient
J. Reuben Clark
Corresponds to:
Folder 2-13, Document 1
City
New York City, New York
Transcription
Private. Nov. 17, 1915.
Dear Mr. Clark:
My attention was called this evening to an article in a newspaper stating that Huntington Wilson and his wife had been divorced. Having heard nothing of trouble between them, the report came as a shock to me. I had passed a good many pleasant hours at their home in Washington, and from their bearing towards each other I inferred they were happy in their married life. I have always felt an attachment for Wilson and appreciated his good qualities, among which were fidelity - and a shiny sense of duty, and his wife I always found clever and attractive far beyond the average. I suppose they just drifted apart.
I hope you are well, and I am
Sincerely yours,
J.B. Moore.
The Hon.
J. Reuben Clark.
Language
English
Rights Statement
Please contact the Myrin Library Special Collections Department for permissions to use this document. https://www.ursinus.edu/library/archives-special-collections/
Recommended Citation
Moore, John Bassett, "Letter From John Bassett Moore to J. Reuben Clark, November 17, 1915" (1915). World War I Era Documents, 1914-1918. 19.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/fmhw_firstworldwar_documents/19
