US Secretary of State Robert Lansing Signed Letter/Address June 1918

Description: A personalized binding of an address by 1918 US Secretary of State Robert Lansing to aLt. Col. John P. Nicholson. The personalized letter reads: THE SECRETARY OF STATEWASHINGTON July 2, 1918. My dear Colonel Nicholson: In accordance with your request of June 29th, it gives me pleasure to enclose herewith a copy of my address at Union College, Schenectady, New York, on June 10th. I am also taking the liberty of enclosing a copy of an address on the same general subject which I delivered at Columbia University on June 5th.It will give me pleasure to cause copies ofthese addresses to be sent to those on the list whichyou enclose. Sincerely yours,Robert Lansing (signature) Lieutenant Colonel John P. Nicholson, Recorder in Chief, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. with the title page of the address included as follows: PRUSSIA'S WAR AND AMERICA'S PEACEAN ADDRESSHON. ROBERT LANSING SECRETARY OF STATE OF THEUNITED STATESDELIVERED AT A LUNCHEON OF THE ALUMNI OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYJUNE 5. 1918 UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RECEIVING THEDEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWSWASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE There are several blank pages after the address. About Robert Lansing: "Robert Lansing (October 17, 1864 – October 30, 1928) was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as Counselor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1915 to 1920. A conservative pro-business Democrat, he was pro-British and a strong defender of American rights at international law. He was a leading enemy of German autocracy and Russian Bolshevism. Before U.S. involvement in the war, Lansing vigorously advocated freedom of the seas and the rights of neutral nations. He later advocated U.S. participation in World War I, negotiated the Lansing–Ishii Agreement with Japan in 1917 and was a member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace at Paris in 1919. However, Wilson made Colonel House his chief foreign policy advisor because Lansing privately opposed much of the Versailles treaty and was skeptical of the Wilsonian principle of self-determination." There is a monument to Colonel Nicholson at Gettysburg: "The monument to John Page Nicholson is south of Gettysburg along Hancock Avenue. (Hancock Avenue at Ziegler’s Grove tour map) It was dedicated in 1925. Nicholson was a Gettysburg veteran who rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. Nicholson was active in veterans affairs and became the leading member of the commission which created and defined the national park we see today. John Page Nicholson 1842-1922. Private 28th Pennsylvania Infantry July 20, 1861.Regimental Commissary Sergeant July 21, 1861.Discharged for promotion September 10, 1862. First Lieutenant and Quartermaster 28thPennsylvania Infantry September 10, 1862.Honorably mustered out July 18, 1865. Brevetted Captain March 13, 1865. “For Faithfuland meritorious services during the warMajor March 13, 1865. “For gallant andand meritorious services in the Savannah andNorth Carolina Campaign” Lieutenant ColonelMarch 13, 1865 “For gallant and meritoriousservices during the war. Recorder of Pennsylvania CommanderyMilitary Order of the Loyal Legion ofthe United States 1879-1922. Recorder-in-Chief Military Order of theLoyal Legion of the United States 1885-1922. Chairman of the Gettysburg National ParkCommission 1893 – 1922 This book has his ex libris as shown. Col. Nicholson had one of the most extensive civil War libraries at that time: LARGE LIBRARY SOLD The large library of Colonel John P. Nicholson, late chairman of the Gettysburg National Park Commission, has been sold to Henry Huntington, of San Gabriel, Calif. Colonel Nicholson is said to have possessed the finest collection of Civil War literature in America. His entire library included 15,000 volumes. Mr. Huntingdon is a railway magnate and owns one of the largest private collections of English and American literature in the world. He owns the original manuscript of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, the largest private collection of Lincoln letters and manuscripts, and the best collection of Washington manuscripts. Colonel Nicholson died in Philadelphia on March 8." (1922) Measures approximately 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 Box J 02122022Weight 7 ounces

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