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Collection Reference Number GLC02679.17
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 his recent promotion
Date 5 June 1918
Author Dawes, Charles Gates (1865-1951)  
Recipient Dawes, Mary Beman Gates  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He apologizes for his poor correspondence. He notes his recent promotion to Brigadier General. He is very well except he sometimes does not sleep well because of the air raids.
Subjects Progressive Era  World War I  Soldier's Letter  Finance  Military History  Children and Family  Government and Civics  Diplomacy  Air Force  Weaponry  
People Dawes, Charles Gates (1865-1951)  Dawes, Mary Beman Gates (1842-1921)  
Place written Paris
Theme World War I; Children & Family; Foreign Affairs
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