Object details
Object number
ARC.005188
Creator(s)
Richard P. Strong
(Fortress Monroe, Virginia, 1872 - 1948, Boston)
Title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from The League of Red Cross Societies, 9 Cour de Saint-Pierre, Geneva
Date
29 November 1919
Medium
Typewritten and printed ink on paper
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Printed in ink (on recto of first sheet, upper left): BOARD OF GOVERNORS / HENRY P. DAVISON, CHAIRMAN, / AMERICAN RED CROSS / HON. SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, / BRITISH RED CROSS / COMTE JEAN DE KERGORLAY, / CROIX-ROUGE FRANÇAISE / CONTE SENATORE G. FRASCARA, / CROCE ROSSA ITALIANA / PROFESSEUR A. NINAGAWA / CROIX-ROUGE JAPONAISE
Printed in ink (on recto of first sheet, upper center): THE LEAGUE OF / RED CROSS SOCIETIES / 9 COUR DE SAINT-PIERRE / GENEVA (SWITZERLAND)
Printed in ink (on recto of first sheet, upper right): SIR DAVID HENDERSON, / DIRECTOR GENERAL / WILLIAM E. RAPPARD, / SECRETARY GENERAL / RICHARD P. STRONG, / GENERAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR / W.F. PERSONS, / DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION / CABLE ADDRESS: "LICROSS"
Signed in ink (on recto of second sheet, center right): Richard P. Strong
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