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Collection Reference Number GLC02679.44
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 with news of his friend Payot and asking her to write to another family friend as he has no time
Date 14 May 1920
Author Dawes, Charles Gates (1865-1951)  
Recipient Dawes, Mary Beman Gates  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He asks her to write to a friend of his father's for him. Rufus went on a trip to New Mexico. General Pershing was made chief of staff. General Payot struck his head against the top of his limousine.
Subjects Progressive Era  World War I  Soldier's Letter  Military History  Children and Family  Government and Civics  Diplomacy  Soldier's Letter  Travel  Injury or Wound  Military Uniforms  
People Dawes, Charles Gates (1865-1951)  Payot, Charles (1868-1931)  Pershing, John J. (1860-1948)  Dawes, Mary Beman Gates (1842-1921)  
Place written Chicago, Illinois
Theme Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Health & Medicine; Children & Family; Women in American History
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