Queen of Belgium to Mr. President - April 17, 1919
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Service of the Queen Palace of Bruxells. Mister President, The Queen has received your letter of the 6th of November last and She has read it with the greatest interest. Her Majesty has admired at length the cartoons which were published in the newspapers of your city as well as the talent with which the artists have treated subjects so delicate and so touching. Our August Sovereign has been particularly sensible to the terms by which you were expressing to Her all the sentiments of your ardent sympathy. She has asked me to address to you Her deepest thanks and She prays you to be Herceloquent interpreter to all the Members of your Society as well as to all of those who have contributed towards the success of your work in behalf of the victims of the war. I have been commissioned to warmly felicitate you in the name of our Gracious Sovereign and to assure you that She will keep of your devotion and of the delicate thought you had in offering to Her the originals of the drawings published, Her best and most affectionate souvenir. The Queen has taken a very special notice of the Mister Mister President
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charitable zeal shown by the ladies of the City of Saint Louis, and She has been infinitely moved by this proof of devoted friendship towards the people of Belgium. Her attention has been attracted by the names of Messrs. Buder, Crutcher and Seguin whose activity deserves the greatest commendation, and Her Majesty has read with the keenest pleasure the letters of Messrs A. Russel, O.L. Hartman, A.E. Chapin, Jam et Lice (this is intended for Tuthill), et Fitz Patrick, which were joined to your letter. Kindly receive, Mister President, the expression of my very distinguished sentiments. Signed: Alph. Clau Secretary to the Queen. Bruxells, April 17th, 1919.
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| Title | Queen of Belgium to Mr. President - April 17, 1919 |
| Creator | Queen Elisabeth of Belgium |
| Source | Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Letter to Mr. President. 17 April 1919. World War I Collection. A1771. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Translation of a letter to the President of a Society in St. Louis, Missouri from Queen Elisabeth of Belgium written by her secretary in French thanking him and the society for their work. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Belgium |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI; Belgian Babies |
| Site Accession Number | A1771 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | April 17, 1919 |
| Language | English |