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Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940

Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

A hand-written letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to Franklin D. Roosevelt, dating from circa 1940. Within, Wilson notes the need to aid British resistance with American military power.
Untitled Speech Given to the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, 1940

Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

A typed copy of an untitled speech transcript written by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dating from circa 1940. Within, Wilson introduces two speakers and talks about the need to aid Britain as honorary chairman of the Waterbury chapter of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson to H. Birchard Taylor, November 8, 1939

Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to H. Birchard Taylor, dated November 8, 1939. Within, Wilson gives his regrets that he can no longer contribute as a director of the Navy League.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson to Editor of the New York Times, November 2, 1939

Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to the Editor of the New York Times, dated November 2, 1939. Within, Wilson writes in complaint of isolationists and those like Hamilton Fish.
Letter From J. Francis Smith to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, October 31, 1939

J. Francis Smith

A typed letter from J. Francis Smith addressed to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated October 31, 1939. Within, Smith expresses thanks for Wilson's prior article enclosure and gives an update on the arms embargo repeal campaign.
Ticket for Mass Meeting of the Keep America Out of War Committee, October 26, 1939

Hamilton Fish

A ticket inviting citizens to participate in a mass meeting for the Keep America Out of War Committee, dated October 26, 1939.
Letter From Nathan A. Smyth to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, October 16, 1939

Nathan A. Smyth

A typed letter from Nathan A. Smyth addressed to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated October 16, 1939. Within, Smyth sends his thanks and agreements with a reprint of Wilson's Herald-Tribune article sent prior.
Letter From Sallie C. Carrington to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, October 11, 1939

Sallie C. Carrington

A handwritten letter from Sallie C. Carrington addressed to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated October 11, 1939. Within, Carrington writes a personal letter to Wilson congratulating him on his recent article published in the Herald-Tribune.
Letter From S. H. P. Pell to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, October 11, 1939

Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell

A typed letter from S. H. P. Pell addressed to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated October 11, 1939. Within, Pell thanks Wilson for the article reprint from the New York Herald-Tribune and states his support for joining England and France in the war.
Letter From Franklin S. Edmonds to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, October 10, 1939

Franklin S. Edmonds

A typed letter from Franklin S. Edmonds addressed to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated October 10, 1939. Within, Edmonds congratulates Wilson on his recent article on the Neutrality Act and ponders the public response to war.
Letter From Frank E. Gannett to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, October 9, 1939

Frank E. Gannett

A typed letter from Frank E. Gannett addressed to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated October 9, 1939. Within, Gannett gives his thanks for Wilson's prior enclosed leaflet on the Neutrality Act embargo, but expresses reluctance to take a side on the issue.
Anonymous Letter to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, October 7, 1939

Unknown

A typed letter from an unknown sender addressed to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated October 7, 1939. Within, the author critiques Wilson's views on the Neutrality Act embargo written in a recent New York Herald Tribune article.
Letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson to Raymond Baldwin, October 4, 1939

Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

A typed copy of a letter by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to Raymond Baldwin, dated October 4, 1939. Within, Wilson requests Baldwin's aid in repealing the Neutrality Act embargo.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson to Wesley Winans Stout, October 4, 1939

Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to Wesley Winans Stout, dated October 4, 1939. Within, Wilson writes in protest of a recent Saturday Evening Post editorial promoting isolationism.
Letter from H. Birchard Taylor to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, September 30, 1939

H. Birchard Taylor

A typed letter from H. Birchard Taylor addressed to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated September 30, 1939. Within, Taylor writes to ask for Wilson's cooperation in helping raise funds for the Navy League of the United States.
Untitled Essay on Panama Canal Zone, June 1939

Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

A typed copy of an untitled essay written by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated June 1939. Within, Wilson writes on American interests in Latin America surrounding Panama and the Panama Canal.
Letter From Wilbur Forrest to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, May 29, 1939

Wilbur Forrest

A typed letter from Wilbur Forrest addressed to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated May 29, 1939. Within, Forrest thanks Wilson for his letter to Senator Key Pittman to be used for possible publication within the New York Herald-Tribune.
Keep America Out of War Committee Contribution Slip, 1939

Hamilton Fish

A typed contribution slip from the Keep America Out of War Committee, dating from circa 1939. Within, the slip asks for monetary contributions to aid in spreading the message of neutrality.
Letter From the National Committee to Keep America Out of Foreign Wars, 1939

Hamilton Fish

A typed propaganda piece from the Committee to Keep America Out of Foreign Wars addressed to the American public. Within, the Committee calls for action to stop the repeal of the arms embargo within Congress.
Will the Arms Embargo Help Keep America Out of War?, 1939

Hamilton Fish

A typed propaganda flyer entitled, "Will the Arms Embargo Help Keep America Out of War?", dating from circa 1939. Within, the National Committee to Keep America Out of Foreign Wars explains why the arms embargo must remain in place.
Reality and Party Politics, 1939

Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

A typed copy of an essay entitled, "Reality and Party Politics", written by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dating from circa 1939. Within, Wilson writes on the necessity to remove the barrier of party politics to defend democracy.