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Collection Reference Number GLC02679.26
From Archive Folder Correspondence by and to Charles Gates Dawes, who worked alongside General Pershing in the American Expeditionary Force 
Title Letter from Charles Dawes to his mother regarding a recent promotion and his friendship with General Payot
Date 28 February 1919
Author Dawes, Charles Gates (1865-1951)  
Recipient Dawes, Mary Beman Gates  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He recently got a promotion but feels embarrassed because it is a higher grade than a friend of his. He is anxious to see her and is having a book specially bound for her.
Subjects Progressive Era  World War I  Soldier's Letter  Military History  Children and Family  Government and Civics  Diplomacy  Library  Gift  Women's History  
People Dawes, Charles Gates (1865-1951)  Pershing, John J. (1860-1948)  Payot, Charles (1868-1931)  Dawes, Mary Beman Gates (1842-1921)  
Theme World War I; Children & Family; Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Dawes joined the AEF in France to monitor finances, based upon a recommendation of the Secretary of Treasury. Most of the letters are to his mother. Postwar letters are mostly from Chicago, where he was President then Chairman of a bank, and then from Washington where he served in the Treasury Dept. Bureau of Finance under Harding. The final folders include materials which may in fact have been enclosed by Dawes with letters to his mother. Additional Dawes materials are in GLC 1601 and GLC 4048.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945