CLARA BARTON FAMILY PAPERS Riccius, Herman P. May 1901-Nov.1950 and Undated[*(To Herman (Riccius -- from) (Clara Barton) Glen Echo, Md.)-*] Glen Echo, May 19, 1907 My dear Herman, I beg pardon for not acknowledging your letter sooner. I was busy - forgot how rapidly the time was passing, until it slipped from my mind altogether. I am glad that you have gotten to a place in your material life where you feel that you can spare the few dollars repaid to me so faithfully, but I want to return them to you as a little "egg" to put into your "nest" of integrity, promptness and independence. I hope you will see the day when thirty dollars will not be as much to you as thirty farthings are today: On favor please - don't trouble yourself to write me a long letter of thanks - you can use your busy minutes better: let me know that you get it, and I shall know you are thankful and will use it like the good boy that you are - I am going to Mr Atwaters tomorrow or next day, to have another report printed, shall have to stay a week or two; will write your Mother from there - I have never seen them since poor Dory's death: It is past midnight, but I hope my scribble is readable. Your aff Clara BartonAMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS Glen Echo Md. IF NOT CALLED FOR IN FIVE DAYS, RETURN GLEN ECHO JUL 29 Mr. Herman P. Riccius 4 Branch ST. Worcester Mass. Glen Echo Md. Sunday July 28, 1901. Dear Herman I will now sit down to anser your questions all about the "nag" etc etc Well to begin with Barba is about 6 or 7 ft high weigs about 1000 can go a mile in 3 minets I can stay on the back when he goes his fastest, he has no bad triks but will stand and watch you while you put the bars in, as soon as you've gone, take them out agin, he is a sensible horse. You need not call Uncle Silas a "Niger" for he talkes as good as any white person for he's 2/8 do. white anyway, is not ["coross (coarse)?"] abit: he keeps a fine garden, and has many pets, such as a toad, a pair of birds, a [rabbit?] 2 cats a dog a horse and all such thing. If you send me a straw hat send one like your own the size is a 6 1/2. Aunt Clara has no hens only 1 black rooster. I think I will close with lots of Love. Harold Riccius Glen Echo, Md.WORCESTER JULY 30 5 30 A 1901 MASS Glen Echo Md. Sat Aug 24, 1901 My Dear Herman I received the money you sent and Aunty and I went down and got the hat and a few other things. It is a very nice hat with a blue band. I have ten hens and a rooster have had them three days and got an egg yesterday they are very pretty hens there are two topnots. I went down to the sea shore wed. The name of the place is Bay Rige Uncle Silas went to we caught two bags full of Crabs went in bathing and had a nice time. overI think I will close now with love from all and to all Your brother "Kid" Harold W Riccius When you write tell about the hens and chicks and how they are Worcester Mass Sept [?] 1901 My Dear "Dixie" I will now take the time to answer a few of your questions and ask you a few. In the first place has Edith come home from Buffalo yet or when is she coming. Where do you expet to go on your vacation you must have had a fine time on the excursion down to Boston. How many chicken have you in the big coop now Are the little chick all most full grown yet. My hens have laid about 3 doz. eggs and are all doing nicely. Did you sell all yourI will write to Saide soon apples and keep the pears didnt you make any mince meat or apple sauce and didnt you keep the ruset apples to eat in the winter. There are no schools within 8 miles of here and I can not go to them so if you want me to go to school I will have to come home I had a lite chill yesterday but I am up to-day so as to write you this letter. How is Ma is she feeling better tell her not to wory about me for I am all right. When is the barn going to be put in orda and the hen coop fixed. I will now close With Love from all and to all Dont forget "kid" Harold W. Riccius AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS Glen Echo Md. IF NOT CALLED FOR IN FIVE DAYS, RETURN GLEN ECHO 3 1901 MD. Mr. Herman P. Riccius #4 Branch Street Worcester Massachusetts WORCESTER SEP 4 3 - PM 1901 MASS. Das Etefantenthor am Kurfürstendamm Gruss aus dem zoologischen Garten zu Berlin Verlag des Act. Vereins des zoologischen Gartens zu Berlin Photographie von Ludwig Bab, Berlin W. Druck von Zedler & Vogel, Darmstadt Everything here is very German and very fine. Does all the world go well with you? Yours C.B. E. D. THAYER WOOLEN MANUFACTURER. [*H.P.R. 34*] [*Herman Riccius Ansd Sept 18- 92 Meriden*] P. O. Box 1033 Worcester, Mass., Sept. 15, 1902 My dear Aunt Clara I believe mother wrote you that a whole herd of your eastern nieces and nephews intended to go to Washington during the encampment. We did entertain the hope that Josie, Stevie and Gertrude, and Edith and I could all go together, but they have all backed out now from one reason or another, - some cannot get a vacation at the right time, and others cannot afford it, - and so now I am left, - when it is too late to go anywhere else - to go alone. And am going too, unless you Washingtonians refuse me an entrance to the city. To make the trip a little more enjoyable I have engaged to go by water. I think the little sea voyagefrom Providence to Norfolk or Baltimore will give me the rest which should really constitute a vacation. So if nothing breaks more than is already cracked you can look for me about Oct. 6 or 7 for I have engaged a passage from Providence for Saturday, Oct. 4. I am sorry you did not have time to see us while you were at Meridan but I appreciate the fact that you probably wanted to get home to stay for a while, having been gone all summer. We are all very well. Harold and Saidee have started another year of school. Harold still retains his position of milkman. He works hard from two to three in the morning until after school, and doesn't stop for play at all, - which I think is remarkable for a boy of his type and age. Hoping that you are in good health E.D. THAYER WOOLEN MANUFACTURER. P.O. Box 1033 Worcester, Mass.,......................19........ and spirit and hoping that you will think well of my plans. I am Your affectionate nephew Herman P. Riccius WORCESTER, MASS JUL 22 830 PM 1902 RECD Postcarte Un Mr Herman Riccius No 4 Branch St. Worcester Massachusetts United States of America U.S.A.[*Tell that mother of yours that I have not forgotten her.*] Meriden Sept 18. 1902 My dear Herman Your letter delights me. I am so glad you will visit us, and see the Encampment at the same time. I am not home yet as you thought, but still in Meriden having some work done. I shall be home early in October, and will be at Glen Echo to meet you on your arrival. I leave here Sat night (20th) for Detroit to attend the convention of the Spanish War Veterans, -22 to 25 - M and Mrs. Atwater will accompany me. After my return from DetroitI shall go to Washington D.C. I regret that your anticipated company could not see the way clear to go with you, but that waits another time. Harold is a brave boy. He mustn't overdo his strength. Tell him Auntie has a great many things to tell him when she sees him. That Mrs. Rich is a great deal better then when he saw her and is very happy Walks all around out of doors & in the house - dresses prettily. has a nice watch and pretty gold chain and seems like any lady in her own home. With great love to all Yours affectionately in haste -- Auntie CLARA BARTON, PRESIDENT. MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN, VICE-PRESIDENT EDWARD D. EASTON, TREASURER. SAM'L W. BRIGGS, SECRETARY. THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING BY WAR, PESTILENCE, FAMINE, FLOOD, FIRES, AND OTHER CALAMITIES OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO BE DEEMED NATIONAL IN EXTENT. THE ORGANIZATION ACTS UNDER THE GENEVA TREATY, THE PROVISIONS FOR WHICH WERE MADE IN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AT GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, AUGUST 22, 1864, AND SINCE SIGNED BY NEARLY ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS. THE UNITED STATES GAVE ITS ADHESION, MARCH 1, 1882. RATIFIED BY THE CONGRESS OF BERNE, JUNE 9, 1882. PROCLAIMED BY PRESIDENT ARTHUR, JULY 26, 1882. INCORPORATED OCTOBER 1, 1881, APRIL 17, 1893, AND JUNE 6, 1900 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 49 EAST 58TH ST., NEW YORK. Sunday Morning, July 19th, 1903 My dear Herman: It just occurs to me that if I send you a nice little story all about a little girl, who if she were not nice it is not her fault - that we will be just as good friends as if I had answered your good letter when it was received with so much pleasure. Without intending it at all you, in that letter, sketch - a picture that forms an important chapter in my story. You of course do not know that I am making a story, in fact you are the very first person that I have mentioned it to, and when it is published you shall have the first number. "The picture"? Two young men - one cutting his ownest aunt's letter short that he might write the checks for signature that the other young man, just coming into the yard in his automobile, might not be delayed. Avery natural and ordinary thing - out of a book - but subject to infinite possibilities in the way of treatment. You must not run away with the inference that I believe there is an unequal distribution of the goods and evils, the comforts and the hardships of the world; Nay Pauline when I was younger - Yes, now I know better. Another truth is borne in upon me by reason of much living in the world: one can no more average these thingsHerman. -2- and strike a balance all at once, than you could tell what your personal expenses are by noting and adding what you spend in a single day. Well I really must begin my letter. Miss Barton and I are going to call upon a young lady this morning; probably the most important in the city. I do not know her name, in fact she does not know herself, but intelligent, wonderful, really beautiful I expect to find her. I believe I will defer the finish of this epistle that I may tell you more about her upon my return. Miss Barton is well and wonderful as ever. This is a hoary chestnut, of course. But my child, I could tell you something that is not, at least it is brand new to me, and I will - perhaps - when I see you, if ever I do; but I will never write it and you need not be 'ludin at it in a letter either. Miss Barton expects to go to Oxford for Old Home Week, and promises herself much pleasure from the occasion. I am sure she will not be disappointed unless someone attempts to coddle her - that will take away every bit of the enjoyment. Dr. Hubbell is in Glen Echo. My understanding was when he went away that he would return in a couple of weeks, but the attractions prove too much for him, and from the various things he has to say concerning Miss Adams . . . .one can never tell about these things you know, but if you should go there please do not forget your camera. Will you ever forget those pajamas? No - I see, it is impossible to write a proper letter, I will go and pay the visit, and if the deadly trolly should claim Herman -3- me as a victim, tell this young lady I am going to see, in years to come, that the grass waving so greenly over the grave does not belong to your Ma. Hines, for the dear old lady was cremated. (Much cheaper my dear.) P.S. The visit is made, and Miss Royce Wilmot Butler is certainly a cousin to be proud of, even at three weeks old. She is a little darling, that is what she is. Myrtis will write "Aunt Ida" to day, so I will not attempt any family details, but just record the pleasant little visit to the cozy Flat; I believe it would be hard to find in the city three happier people than dwell there, or three who deserve more happiness than they. Now I am going to Brooklyn (the formality of eating having been observed). Brooklyn is a very nice place, though New York people exercise their wits at the expense of their sister city in a way to make you weary. For instance "Tell me the best way to go to Brooklyn please"? "In a hearse to be sure". I seem determined to close my letter with hearses and graves and things, so with a hope that you are well and good and happy, I give you a last gastly good by. Affectionately your friend, M.A. HinesAmerican National Red Cross, 49 East 58th Street, NEW YORK. Mr. Herman Riccius No. 4 Branch Street, Worcester, Mass. E.D. THAYER WOOLEN MANUFACTURER [*Recd Nov 28 1903*] [*34 H P R*] P.O. Box 915 Worcester, Mass.,............Nov 28 1903..........18 My dear Aunt Clara : Your "shipping orders" for my mother have arrived, and I am sorry to say it is impossible for us to accommodate you. It is not such an easy thing to send the head of the house away as you might imagine. Our house is not in proper shape for a leave of absence yet, neither is her wardrobe. I have been planning ever since last fall when I was in New York to send mother to see you and also Myrtis sometime in January. That is the time I thought would be most convenient to all of us, and I am very sorry I forgot your meeting in Dec. for had I known of that and the importance of the personal votes, I would certainly have made arrangements accordingly. Our expenses are always heaviest in the fall, and moreso this year than formerly because of our increased family and in Jan we will be more on our feet. If you are at home in January and the first part of February mother is going to have a month's vacation, which will be divided up between you and Myrtis. If it so happensthat you are away, she will go only as far as New York, and will visit you another time. Please now, do not think me unappreciative and unwilling to repay a great favor with even a small one. I realize that not only the vote and visit would please you immensely but also that with your house full mother could be of a great deal of material aid to you, but I cannot see how it is possible this time. Perhaps next time we can obey you. I suppose by this time Mrs. Rich has passed away. Poor soul how true a friend she found in you. How peaceful have been her last few years. We are all well and send lots of love to your entire household and court, and we all send our best wishes for the meeting. Sincerely your nephew Hermann P. Riccius WORCESTER, MASS. JULY 20 6 AM 1903 RECD Glen Echo, Md., Feb. 6, 1904. My dear Herman: - Miss Barton has gone down town to day, and as some compensation because I could not go along, has said that I might write to Herman. I have been thinking for some time that if I did not he would go off and get another girl - men are so fickle - but am hopeful that this will effectually protect my interest. It is always a trump card to play with a good man, to preempt a little sympathy - and hasten therefore to assure you that I have just recovering from an attack of grippe, which if it did not exactly leave me reeling and tottering upon the brink of the grave - was very disagreeable, particularly for the remainder of the household. Dr. Hubbell has gone to the city also to day, and this is the first time he has been out for months - well if not months it seemed like it, and certainly is weeks. Grippe also - and it has left him with long hair and cross as two sticks. Mrs. Hinton is the latest victim. She is still in bed and coughing badly. Not being a horny handed son of toil she can take plenty of time to get over the attack and even cultivate amiability. She has such a good disposition that it grafts on easy. Miss Adams is well. Miss Barton must have a paragraph to herself. It is not meet that I should name her with sick - cross- convalescent - or in any way imperfect people - the associaton she is compelled to with such only serves to accentuate her remarkable qualities. Seriously Herman, now dews of admiration are distilled every day that I live with this remarkable woman. My room is next to her now, and as you know the walls are very thin. After a reasonable days work, which sends me to bed just tired enough, she bids me good night and retires to her room - not to sleep but to work. Sometimes I hear her moving about as late as two o'clock. Then stillness reigns and I go to sleep. I suppose she does also, but not infrequently as early as five o'clock I hear windows flying open - the sweeper rushing over the floor - clothing being brushed with great vigor and when I go in about eight - to observe the formality of announcing breakfast, I find Miss Barton sitting at her desk - working away - looking as fresh and carefully dressed, each morning, as though this day of all is what she has lived up to and looked forward to as the crowning joy and blessing of her life. "Every day is a new beginning - every day is the world made new" -- so far as appearance goes. I have never seen her look so well - so young - so full of vigorous life. What she feels or thinks or the way her inner life is lived - I know no more of than do you - perhaps not so much - for I know nothing. That it affords her sustaining strength is apparent - for she has a never failing supply to meet all of the practical questions that every day are offered for her solution - and so far as we can read results, she rarely makes a mistake. These results - in a general way show the reestablishment of the Red Cross upon a basis that promises results never before attained by the organization. The association of men who are practically above criticism in the management of affairs is her answer to the charges of discredit. You may or may not know that the last annual meeting Mr. Olney, who presided, appointed a committee of -2- three gentlemen - all of them Miss Bartons friends - who it is confidently believed will not only investigate all charges made by the minority members - but incidentally their own methods and what is of more importance - motives - as well. Of course Miss Barton is closely in touch with every step taken so far - which though preliminary only - are important. Then she has appointed a committee to see what can be done - though so late - towards making a good exhibit at the World's Fair, and this involves a large amount of extra work. The ordianry correspondence is largely increased - and the "breaking in" if I may say so of her new Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, use up a good deal of time. Incidentally the Butler, Pa., epidemic and some little complications growing out of it - the Relief of Macedonia - and the establishment of the Department of First Aid - are among the things I know about. There are many things doubtless that I know nothing of, which probably require the "brain of a statesman and tender heart of a woman" to grapple with. Consciously or unconsciously everybody that is brought within the range of Miss Barton's influence is absorbed off their feet by her. What I mean is - they cannot act independently of her - I will not say volition - for one of the things she insists upon for herself is exemption from responsibility for what others do - but character. If you hardly understand my meaning at all - I am not surprised or discouraged. I certainly did not start in with the intention of writing you a letter like this, but am so sure of not being misunderstood that I will let it stand, for it is the exact truth, as it seems to me. Every day Miss Barton congratulates herself that Baba is so well and comfortably cared for. She enjoys his letters no end - and listens for the echos of his happy horse laugh. I must not forget to tell you how very much I like the Manhattan Clips" that you recommended to me; I use no other now and always with a thought of you. Another never failing thought connection is the small I that you told me to strike instead of the capital I, for one. Perhaps not every time as at first - but many times every day I thank Herman for telling me this. Now my dear boy, this is not much letter, and Alas! not a family letter at all. Someway I never write you the sort of letters I intend - but as I have asked you before so I do now, to fix up the various items of interest as you can extract them from the medley and serve decently and in order to the family. They are darlings - every one of them - and not disposed to be critical I know - still I am looking forward with too much pleasure to meeting them to risk my reputation as "possibly just a little off" - to present my epistles bodily. Now for the proposition that interests me most. Do you think you can forget how mean I have been about writing and send me a little answer to this? If you will encourage - if not early piety - the budding seeds of good resolution - for it is always good to do things that are pleasant.Sunday - Feb. 7th, 1904 Dear Herman: - When you reached the of the second page of your letter yesterday you said - as many another poor girl has - Oh, this is so sudden". Reluctant as I am to afflict you further, dear boy, I am compelled to admit that one page was left out when "pasted shut" as my brother-in-law says. It was mostly thanks for the nice picture you sent me of Baba. I think it is the best of the bunch. There is very promising warmness in the air to day and the snow is disappearing like anger before gentle words and kind acts. I have been told that it acts like a charm. I do not feel that I deserve a letter before next Christmas - but My!! Wouldn't I like one? Your sincere friend and well wisher, Mary A. Hines [*Ansd April 22/04*] E. D. THAYER, JR. WOOLEN MANUFACTURER. P.O. Box 1033 Worcester, Mass.,.............Apr 20 1904........19 Dear Aunt Clara: I have sent you this morning a small bunch of May flowers from Rocky Hill which I picked yesterday. They are very pretty ones, such as are always found at North Oxford. Kindest regards to you all from all of us. Affectionately, Hermann P. Riccius E.D. THAYER Ansd. July 23 1904 WOOLEN MANUFACTURER has done just right-enclosed ten dollars P.O. BOX 1033 WORCESTER, MASS July 16, 190[?] Dear Aunt Clara: It seems so long since we have heard any word from you that I do not know whether you are in Washington now, or "out on the road", but I must send you a new lines to let you know that I am still alive, and that I suppose that you are also. No doubt mother has already written you telling you that she is spending two or three weeks with Myrtis at Montclatt, but in case she has not told you, this may be a bit of news for you. It was time she had another vacation, in fact she should have had one before, and Myrtis has wanted her to pay her a visit for so long, and has asked her so many times, that we finally prevailed upon her to go. Harold is staying with Uncle Charlie and Aunt Ada in Webster, and with Saidee at home to keep house for Edith and Baba and me, I may almost say that we find it pleasant to be without her (mother) for awhile, because we know that she is getting a well earned opportunity for relaxation. I made up my mind some time ago that I would write you soon about this matter which is to follow, and although it may burst upon you like a cloud from a clear sky, still I think it best to have it out and over with now, and I only hope that it will not cause you any worry or bother, because if I expected it was going to, I would leave it unsaid. Remember this please, for I cannot say plainly just the meaning I intend to convey. Baba's first year is almost up now with me now, and I am going to ask you to take him away from us. Now of course you will think that I have grown tired of him, just as a child grows tired of a toy, and that all I have said about him, and that all the affection I expressed for him was not real. When I took Baba from you, and when I arranged with you to take him, both in Oxford and in New York later, you will recollect that it was all for Harold that you wanted to send him, and for Harold that I wanted to have him. Well now, I do not believe that Harold E.D. THAYER WOOLEN MANUFATURER P.O. BOX 1033 #2 WORCESTER, MASS. is nearly as fond of Baba as we expected he was going to be, in fact he only rides him when I expressly ask him to, and explain to him that Baba must have the exercise, and that I cannot ride him every day. I am not blaming Harold for any fickleness of mind or anything else. As I remember it he merely said, childlike, when I asked him if he would like to have Baba, "Why yes, of course". As for myself, with the long hours that I have to work, I cannot ride and enjoy Baba as often or as much as I would like to otherwise, and he does not therefore get as much exercise as he actually requires, although so far we have managed to keep him in nearly first class condition. It costs me from $2.00 to $3.00 a week to keep him fed and shod, and I feel it somewhat of a luxury to myself, to spend as much money as that just for my own personal pleasure, when there are so many things that the whole family need somewhat more than I need to ride three or four times a week. You told me of several persons who were crazy to buy or to have Baba, and some one of them, no doubt, would have him now if you had not been so good as to try me with him. My idea in writing to you now, is that you will want to send Baba to stay with some one of these persons, and as I am going to have my vacation the latter part of next month that will be a good time for me to have him go, especially if he has to be ridden any distance. I have not spoken a word about this as yet to my mother or to anybody else, but I am just stating the facts as clearly as I can to you direct, and will you please not let it trouble your mind any, but write me and tell me just what you think about it and about me for saying it all, whether you think well or otherwise about it. It must be very hot in Washington now, if it is much warmer that it is here today. How is your garden growing this year? Yours very sincerely, Your Hermann P. Riccius [*Ansd by a Lesson in Grammar July 31 1904*] [*3 4 H.P.R.*] E.D. THAYER WOOLEN MANUFACTURER P.O. BOX 1033 WORCESTER, MASS., July 26, 1904. My dear Aunt Clara: When I wrote you the other day, I omitted to put into my letter one paragraph which I had originally intended to write. It was to have been about the item of expense, but I finally decided to leave it out entirely, because I knew that if I did not you would reach for your purse before you finished the rest of the letter. Now inasmuch as I wrote you and disregarded that subject I want you to please accept this bill back again, because Baba is not such a burden to me that I either find it necessary or consider it right to be helped by you. So please accept this and do not return it to me again, and if I get to the point where I cannot pay my grain bills myself, I will not hesitate to tell you about it. I am so glad that you understand me as I wanted you to, because I was somewhat troubled that you might think I was changeable or fickle on the subject. From all reports my mother is having a very pleasant outing with Myrtis, and of course it will do her lots of good. She strained her ankle slightly by falling from her cab in New York, but I expect that is all better now. I have not forgotten that she owes you a good long visit sometime, and soon too, and you shall have it before very long now. There has not really been a chance yet except this time, and Myrtis made such an eloquent plea for her that we sent her to New Jersey instead of Washington, for she and Edith had planned to go to Washington together this summer. Yours affectionately, Hermann P. Riccius E. D. THAYER WOOLEN MANUFACTURER P.O. BOX 1033 WORCESTER, MASS., Aug. 15, 1904. My dear Aunt Clara: I have been talking with the Express Companies and the railroads today about shipping a horse out to Bedford, Ind. and I have gleaned this much information. It will cost about eighty dollars ($80.00) to send a horse from Worcester out there by express, but it will not be necessary to have a groom go with him, as the express company agree to have the animal fed and watered while en route. It will take about two days, more or less. The Railroad Company will charge about thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for a horse and groom, but they will not ship a single horse unless someone goes with him. The Railroad fare from Bedford to Worcester is about twenty- five dollars ($25.00). That will make the total cost of shipping a horse and man out there by freight and getting the man back to Worcester again about sixty dollars ($60.00). I am surprized that it is so expensive, for these all seem excessive figures, but I have made enquires at different places, and they all seem to be about alike. The express people build a stall right in the car, and become responsible for the horse, but as far as I am able to find out over telephone the railroad people would only be liable for the value of the horse in case he were killed in a collision, but would not accept the liability for any injury done him by the shaking or jerking of the cars. I wish you might find a place nearer home for Baba, because it seems almost unnecessary to send him way out to Indiana when it is going to cost so much. However you can let me know whenever you decide, and he is welcome to stay with us until you make up your mind Sincerely your nephew Hermann P. Ricciuswith you. In case you are still "on the fence" this may be of value or help to you, and we can investigate it later when we both have a better chance. Affectionately your nephew Herman P. Riccius My address will be Newport, Maine c/o Mr. Libby [*HPR 1904*] [*Ansd Aug 27, Onieta Herman at Newport Maine -*] WORCESTER, MASS. AUG 20 1904 Dear Aunt Clara: We are starting for Maine today, and unless you are so kind as to prolong your visit until our return we will not see you again. I do hope it will take you so long to do your "few errands" you mentioned, that you will be at Worcester when Edith & I get back Have you decided anythingfurther about Baba? I am not trying to hurry you, but of course you are not going to all the great expense of sending him to Indiana. The rates are altogether too exorbitant. I have one little suggestion, and it is only a suggestion and nothing else. A friend of mine, in whom I have confidence, and who knows a horse when he sees one, tells me of a friend of his at West Dedham near Boston who might possibly buy Baba. I told him that you once told me he could never be sold but in talking with him he seems to think that his friend would be delighted to have Baba and furnish a royal good home for him. He offered to write + ask him about it but I told him not to mention it until I have talkedDear Herman = [*[1904]*] Please call this a letter - I am well satisfied with the result last night - and pass it on to you Your friend M. A. HinesN, FRIDAY MORNING, I SENATOR BURTON'S FATE NOW IN SUPREME COURT'S HANDS Attorneys Conclude Arguments-Prosecution Insists That It Is Ordinary Criminal Proceeding. Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 1. - Mr. Lehman this afternoon closed the case of United States Senator J.R. Burton of Kansas in the Supreme court. He insisted that the Senator's visits to the Postoffice Department involved no possible interest of the nation. Solicitor General Hoyt of the Department of Justice, in the opening argument for the government, contended that this was an ordinary criminal proceeding, and that the questioning of jurisdiction could not be successfully maintained. He argued that the Senator knew just what he was doing when he accepted service with the Rialto Grain company. He said it was questionable whether the Senator should perform such service as was required of the defendant by the company, but that when he accepted a fee "he completed the fatal chain." He discussed the claim of the defense that the charge was an "infamous crime" instead of a "misdemeanor," and therefore that it should have ten instead of three challenges. He claimed that the contention was not valid. Justice White asked if he did not realize that the penalty carried a disqualification of the accused, debar him from citizenship, and forever put a stigma upon him. Mr. Hoyt maintained that the statute made the offense a misdemeanor. WOMAN COBBLER VICTOR MAY GET SHARE IN JON BENOIT'S $30,000 ESTATE Judge Holdom Decides Mrs. Philomene Pellerin Was Sister of Wealthy Shoe Merchant That John Benoit, who committed suicide at his residence, 211 Loomis street, Dec. 11, 1903, and left his fortune of $30,000 to the Rev. Acille Bergeron in trust for the Church of Notre Dame and the Little Sisters of the Poor, and Mrs. Philomene Pellerin, who has come from Canada to set aside the will, are children of the same parents was decided by Judge Holdom yesterday. Jury to Decide Heirship The case will be tried before Judge Holdom and a jury Dec. 14. If Mrs. Pellerin's attorneys prove that the wealthy French shoe merchant was insane when his last will was made, and that it was made under undue influence of members of the Catholic church, the will will be set aside and under the statutes of Illinois the property be divided among his legal heirs, Mrs. Philomene Pellerin, her sister, Mrs. Maria Lemieux, and MRS. PHILOMENE PELLERIN six children of a brother who is dead. All THE CHICAGO CHRONICLE, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1904 ELECTED BY WHITE CROSS Officers Chosen by New Society to Succor Humanity Cardinal Gibbons and Andrew Carnegie Named Vice Presidents Plans Made to Extend Work of Organization Over Whole Nation At a meeting of the incorporators of the American White Cross First Aid society in the office of Dr. Charles Adams, 100 State street, officers of the organization, which may eventually occupy a position in the world of philanthropy second only to that of the Red Cross, were chosen and plans made to extend the work not only in Chicago but in many other cities. the President of the organization probably will be named by President Roosevelt. At least the chief executive will be asked to name the man. There are to be six vice presidents. Five of them were named yesterday: Mrs. Potter Palmer, Mrs. R.T. Crane, General J.B.D. Irwin, Cardinal Gibbons and Andrew Carnegie. The last two were elected and are expected to consent to serve. The sixth is yet to be chosen. Dr. Nicholas Senn was elected surgeon in chief; Dr. J.B. Murphy, chairman of the board of the directors; Edward Howe, for many years associated with Clara Barton in the Red Cross work, national superintendent; F.T. Haskell, vice president Illinois Trust and Savings bank, national treasurer; Mrs. M.A. Hines, national secretary. Central Council Named A central council that will be the governing body of the organization was named. It will be composed of the following: Dr. Charles Adams Dr. J.B. Murphy R.T. Crane Rev. Frank Du Moullin James H. Eckels Alexander H. Revell Dr. R.N. Foster Dr. Nicholas Senn Dr. W.R. Harper Dr. Samuel Stanton Dr. J.B. Herrick Rev. J.E. Stone General J.B.D. Irwin Edward F. Swift Rev. E.A. Kelly From this body was chosen the board of directors. They are: Dr. Nicholas Senn Dr. J.B. Herrick Dr. J.B. Murphy Dr. Charles Adams Dr. R.N. Foster Edward Hull Dr. Samuel Stanton The purpose, as explained in the plans published yesterday, is to educate free of cost all persons who may seek the knowledge in the simple methods of giving first aid in case of accidents. To this end classes are established and lecture courses given on subjects intended to convey this information. A class now meets at the public library and lectures are given regularly. It was started under the auspices of the Chicago White Cross First Aid society, an organization that lost its local existence yesterday by being merged into the national organization. National Plans of Society When the society becomes national in its scope state advisory boards will be appointed consisting of the governor, adjutant general and surgeon general. The educational work will be carried on through local centers and all the local centers will be responsible to the central council located in Chicago. Graduates from the centers will be organized into ambulance corps and serve in cases of emergency. The society will be to municipalities and communities what the Red Cross is to the army. All persons without distinction may be enrolled in its membership and receive instruction that will enable them to be or service to humanity in time of great accidents or any of the numerous mishaps that befall persons on the streets. Many Die From Accidents Mr. Howe says that 30,000 persons are killed in the world every year by accident and 3,000,000 are injured. This fact, he says, is of itself cause enough for the education of the masses in methods to be used in relief work. The purpose is not to supplant the physician, but to provide temporary relief till the physician can reach the victim. In this way, Mr. Howe says, the physician will be assisted in his work of relief. It is the intention to form classes in the hospitals and in the large factories where lectures will be delivered by noted men who will give their time and services free; purely out of love for the race. The headquarters of the society will be in the future at 934 Fine Arts building. THE CHICAGO RECORD-HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2,1904 NATIONAL WHITE CROSS WILL TEACH FIRST AID New Body Plans Instruction in Method of Treating Accident Victims Roosevelt Asked to Name The President The American White Cross First Aid Society, patterned after the St. John Ambulance Association of England and chartered by the State of Illinois, took definite form yesterday afternoon as a national organization at a meeting of the incorporators in the office of Dr. Charles Adams, 100 State street. The society is purely a civil organization, and its purpose is to teach first aid to the injured to all classes and conditions of people free of charge. It had it inception in the Chicago First Aid Society which went out of existence yesterday by being merged into the greater organization. It does not enter the field of the Red Cross Society. Dr. Senn as Chairman At the meeting yesterday Dr. Nicholas Senn acted as chairman. The organization being national in character, it was determined to ask President Roosevelt to name its president. Other officers who were selected and have accepted follow: Vice Presidents - MRS POTTER PALMER, MRS. R.P. CRANE, GENERAL J.B.D. IRWIN. Surgeon in chief - DR. NICHOLAS SENN Chairman of the board - DR. JOHN B. MURPHY Superintendent - EDWARD HOWE Treasurer - F.T. HASKELL Secretary - MRS. M.A. HINES It is the intention to have six vice presidents, and a subcommittee was named to ask Cardinal Gibbons and Andrew Carnegie to accept appointment. The central council consists of: Dr. Charles Adams Dr. John B. Murphy R.T. Crane Rev. Frank Du Moullin J.H. Eckels A.H. Revell Dr. R.N. Foster Dr. Nicholas Senn W.R. Harper Dr. S.C. Stanton Dr. J.B. Derrick Rev. James S. Stone Gen. J.B.D. Irwin Edward F. Swift Rev. Edward A. Kelly The board of directors, which will be the governing body of the organization, consists of Dr. John B. Murphy, chairman; Dr. Nicholas Senn, Dr. R.N. Foster, Dr. Samuel C. Stanton, Dr. J.B. Herrick, Dr. Charles Adams and Edward Howe. Governor in the Plan State organizations will be formed, with the governor, dajutant general and surgeon general acting as an advisory board, the surgeons of the state militia to form the examining board. The educational work will be carried on by local centers under the direction of surgeons of repute, and at stated intervals examinations will be held and the graduates formed into ambulance corps. It is estimated that 30,000 people are killed and over 3,000,000 injured every year in accidents in the United States, and it is presumed that the percentage of fatalities will be greatly reduced through the education of the masses in first aid to the injured. Open classes will be held every Friday night in the public library, to be conducted by some surgeon of repute. The annual membership fee is $1 and the life membership $25. The headquarters of the society will be in Chicago.Glen Echo MD Feb 27 1905 Mr dear Herman It wasn't that I did not appreciate your letter telling me of your splendid [drive?] after Baba I was almost too glad to speak - but I could not just then command the time to write to anyone - Later on I may be able to explain how I was occupied I have just written Mr Kelly and inclosed ten dollars. I hope he's not getting tired of Baba till I can place him better or different. Our cold weather is passing - We have had a desperatley cold winter for us to have here. I have watched water pipes for two months day & nightonly about three days ago dared to turn off the spickets. Tell Harold I took off my first hen with 12 little chicks yesterday - and two more sitting side by side - I have 16 hens, and have had 10 - and 11 - eggs a day - now I am going to let all eat that want to - I am trying to get time to write him all about them and Terrey too - I have so much to write him, I wish he were here to see for himself - It is just good day light now and I suppose your household is getting ready for its [?] little [?] Long may you all be able & no interruption - God bless you all Affectionately Clara BOxford Nov 8. 1905 Dear Herman: Mrs. Pope had been to see Baba, and finds him with a poulticed foot, which Dr Chase thinks will not be fit to travel under a week- I have written Dr. Chase today giving him a history of Baba, and thanking him for his care (substantially as well) and asked him to write and let me know when he think Baba can make the journey safely. Would it be better to divide the journey by letting him go to Dan the day before, and have only the distance from Worcester [above?] time - I leave all this to better thought and wiser headsthan mine. - I hope it is not giving you too much trouble. Poor old Baba will get somewhere by and bye Hoping to see you Aff Clara -[*[1906]*] Glen Echo. April 26 My dear Herman: I don't know what I should do without you! Here I am in another dilema as you will see by the inclosed copy of a line from Mrs. Pope. It is not at all unexpected to me. I had thought, all along that Baba would be too much for her, and at first, told her that she was free to return him to me whenever she desired. I reserved the privilege of always being his first purchaser. He has been well cared for (probably too well, for his good manners) but he needed care and has had it, and I am grateful for it and am not sorry to feel my "old baby" mine again. Now after all this prelude I must ask, if you can be so kind as to go to Oxford and get Baba and let him come over to your barn and stay till I can decide what is best to do with him. You must not pay out one cent expense for him. I will pay all he costs, and what trouble he gives if he can find a shelter with you till he has another. I am sorry he is so far from his own nice stable, but he asks the shelter of yours if you will not find it too troublesome to have him for the moment. I would like him to come as soon as may be as they may be making a change there. You will do well to take his bridle and saddle with you, and Iimagine he will not reel nor stagger this time, nor detain you long on the road. I think you could slip over any evening or after work he will bring you back in less than an hour. Now Herman, it this strikes you as an unpleasant thing to do, and a trouble to the household, just tell me, and don't do it, and I will find some other way. If he does go to you, I shall be glad to know that the change is made. I cannot think your mother will be sorry to hear his old "ho-ho" if he comes. Still he may be dirty and troublesome and if so, you must be perfectly free to decline. Please let me hear [& always?] Affectionately your foolish Auntie. 5/ I presume that Mrs. Pope will comply with the propositions I have made and then, Dear Herman if you still feel that you can shoulder the burden till I can relieve you of it I should be glad if you will try again, and let that naughty old fellow come and trouble you for a little, till something else can be done I shall be prayerfully grateful. All I can see to do now is to wait. I am sorry to bother you so much, but don't see just now how I can help it - if you do please tell me. Affectionately your Auntie CGlen Echo April 29, 1906 My dear Herman, Confirming my dispatch of last night; is the following. - "Must wait till she sends her bill." And in order to have every thing perfectly understood by all, I will send you a copy of the letter I am mailing with this, to Mrs. Pope. I was sure that Mrs. Pope wanted to be relieved of him and that you would rather not have him, that I didn't know just what to do, and perhaps should have waited longer. I send the [*[Apr. 1906]*] following letter to Mrs. Pope. - " My dear Mrs. Pope, " You are perfectly " right in holding Baba till his costs " have been paid for. " I had not been at all certain " that Herman would even consider " his coming to him as he has so " little time to care for or to use him; " and I wrote to ask Herman if he "could help me relieve you of " him. Please send your bill, dear Mrs. " Pope and I shall be glad to pay it, " as I am all favors that people are so " kind as to do me. I should have " paid the Shrewsbury bill without a " word, but your good father said I3/ " ought not and took it from me to " deal with himself. It was one of " the many kindnesses he has done " me, and the solace I have found " in the last year through the kindness " of your household will never " be forgotten. It was a hard " year to live through, and I am grateful " to you all for the help you gave me. " Please write me what my indebtedness " is, and it will give me pleasure " to repay it; and when all is " satisfactory, if you will kindly " notify Herman, at 4 Branch St, " he will come for Baba, as I see 4 " he is willing to let him come to him. " It was always a regret to " me, that I sent a horse to you in " his condition; but I had no more " knowledge of it than you had; and " supposed I was sending you a sound, " strong, well broken animal for your " pleasure, and his comfort. It was " one of the accidents of life, for which " we can not account, but must meet. " Please remember me with dear love " to your mother, and grateful regards to " all. Believe me, dear Mrs. Pope. Most " sincerely your friend, Clara Barton -"[*Apr [1906]*] Copy x x x x My dear Miss Barton, I do not think, Miss Barton, that I shall be able to ride Baba, and as you have said, you would be willing to take him back, and return what expense he has been to me, it seemed best to me to write you before any thing else is planned. Baba is in elegant condition, and a fine horse for any man, but I am afraid no ladies horse. The doctor thinks him a fine animal, but I do not feel I can be at the expense of keeping him and have no benefit from him Kindly let me hear from you at your earliest convenience and believe me Sincerely yours Lula E. Pope.Copy of Mrs. Popes letter Glen Echo. May 6 - 1906 My dear Herman, I trust the little flurry is all over - Mrs. Pope has written very kindly - sent her Bill, to which I have replied and sent my check - with the request that Dr. Fletcher take Baba to Worcester and deliver him to your mother - which I think the Dr will do, or see that it is done - Then I have asked of Mrs. Pope to put all the blame on me if there is any - and that she and you be the friends you should be, and would be if you knew each other personally - as I trusted you would, later. That one poor horse must not break a friendship. Oh dear, no! Friends are too few, and friendships to valuable for that We'll all meet and have agood jolly time before the year is over I trust. Now dont think I send Baba for keeps. I shall take him away just as soon as I can find a place Cant you get a boy to come and care for him, and let me pay him. You must not do that dirty work - it isnt nice for your clothes Get a boy, a man if you can - I hope he will not be too great a trouble to you and he must be no cost and please forgive Mrs Pope and let every thing be all right again I want to get this off and must hurry and stop Yrs aff troublesome Aunt ClaraGlen Echo May 13 / [1906] My dear Herman It is all right Thanks - If James & [Marien?] Bullock should tell you that they could let Baba go to them for a little while, you may believe it is right - and let him go - I do not expect they can do it, but possibly they might arrange it. I think he would lead out. In greatest haste Your aff - troublesome AuntieHow do Dida? Glen Echo. Nov 6. 1906 My dear Herman, I cannot tell you how grateful I am to you for all the pains you have taken for that worthless old baby of mine. He makes more trouble than he would be worth if he were one of Laurens' race horses: Mr. White was very reasonable in his charges. I am very glad that he did drive him, [nicer so?] little. I only wish it had been a big "bit" - Did he think he could be driven? Is he at all broken to drive. What did Mr White say about that? I would very much like his opinions, Can you tell your Mother and she will tell me & save you the trouble of a letter - I inclose a check for forty five Dollars to reimburse you for Mr Whites Bill & for yourself so far as it will go, and I want you to tell me fully how much more I shall send you, and I shall be pleased to do it - I thank you, for Baba for the nice outfit you have given him as he may have neglected to speak of it himself. I can well understand his appearance, and what a great sheep he is - but there is little prospect of a change in the hands he is in now. "Clipping" is one of Bullocks fighting points. He has a good horse that they are attached to - but "Fran" gets a heavy coat in the winter - One cold day last winter he drove her into Worcester and a clipper came up to him, with, "Your horse has too much hair, Shant I clip her - I have my "clippers right here in the stalls - only 5 cents "Perhaps so" said Bullock coolly - and the clipper began to prepare - "But', - he added, "you have to own her first; no man"will ever rob an animal of its winter "covering while I own it. Do you think "you would be more comfortable if I "would take your cloths off from you "today? It's a cruel custom!! So I think Baba will keep his ugly coat. - I am glad he keeps his step. & I am sorry his is so far away that he cannot come and give you a ride, when you would like it. I hope your mother keeps well this fall, she has proven herself a real philosopher - and gets her reward in contentment, & peace of mind, Love to all Most - Affectionately yours Clara B Send your bill Glen Echo - Nov. 15 - 1906 My dear Herman: I too, see "it is of no use" - and things that "cant be cured, must be endured. Here I was puzzling my brain to try to estimate how much I should send, if you did play mum, and wouldn't tell - and here this check comes flying back in my face, with positive orders not to return it. Well, someday you may be wiser, and money will seem as valuable to you, as it does to me and then you wont be slinging it 2/ around, promiscuous, " I am so glad of what you tell me of Mr White - how kind it was of him to take the trouble to harness Babe; and the respect he gives is most welcome; It proves that he has not lost his hand training, and it may be he will get more patience with the burdens of life sometime, and carry his load more steadily. I wonder what Mr White would think would be the effect of harnessing him with another horse? A good strong steady mate that he couldnt persuade to run with him, I have always thought3 / he might work more pleasantly with another horse than alone - he is so social, and affectionate. I am indeed very grateful to M. White - How are you strikes? How good it was that "Christian's burden" dropped off from your Mothers shoulders so she could straighten up again. Dont let her shoulder any more. And next time you escort her out, bend your steps hitherward. Affectionately C. B- Love to all - What does Saidee do for "excitement"?Oxford, Monday July 30th 1906 My dear Herman, please find inclosed twenty Dollars for Baba. I should have given it to you when there, but I wanted to cash a check first - Of course I shall be very glad if he can earn a dollar any how, That is what he should be doing all the time, but he dont seem to be able to get at it - I can see how your receipts are lessened, and you should not have any extra expenses - I know Baba is costly, and you know I had not intended that he should remain with you at all. His pasture is waiting for him and has been all the time. I did have a charming visit with Harold - The old times over again - I wonder if he was not late for a through car, - but I watched until some car came to pick him up - It really was too warm to ride so far in the sun, I did not expect you, when I realized how warm it was - I shall see you again - Love to all, Yours, aff - Clara Barton[*[1906]*] Herman P. Riccius, pupil. A lesson in Grammar. Declension. Good-gooder-goodest. Bad-bader-badest. Bad boy - bader boy-baddest boy of all. Auntie C. Teacher Oxford, June 16, 1909 My dear Herman: It is lovely of you to try to help me over my difficulties. I seem to be resting out, and waking up a bit, and am doing better by myself than I dared hope - but even that is nothing to boast of. - I could be much improved I should be delighted witha call from you and Miss Churchill and any friends you might choose to bring to my unkept and uncurtained house. It is as it is, and I make no apologies. When things are as bad as they can be, they must mend. Yours affectionately, C.B -- Glen Echo Jan 25/11 Dear Herman, Saidee & Harold, I have the sad news and want to come to you, but Steve tells me not to, and Dr. Hubble too, he is sick in bed or he would take next train to Worcester. You need now all the care that every one can give = Dont depend on doctors. - It is good careful, courageous nursing that you must depend upon, faithfulness and experience She needs hot fermentations but they must be given with great care, keeping her closely covered, not to let more cold. Flax seed tea is excellent; Aunt Sally had an attack of pneumonia once that was thought to be hopeless; and Dr. McCollum saved her with [Camperitin?] tea with all the tincture of lobelia in it that she could take and not vomit - and Mullen leaves soaked in hot vinegar bound onto the lower lungs front and back where the seat of the pain was. We kept these on her for days till she had finished raising blood and rusty phlegm. I've little medicineI pray you - and don't depend on it and the doctor, but get the best old time nurse that you can. Polly is a good nurse. - her address is 106 South Main, Putnam Ct She is nursing this winter. If you have a minutes time write me a word - I am so distressed about it. Aunt Clara Keep the phlegm loose by any means that you can Form 168 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICE IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. 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It has also Direct Connection by Telegraph or Telephone with many more remote and smaller stations, making a total Net of 80,000 in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and this number is rapidly increasing. SEVEN ATLANTIC CABLES Connecting North America with all points in Europe and beyond, including Two Cables of the American Telegraph and Cable Company, Four Cables of the Anglo- American Telegraph Company, and One Cable of the Direct united States Cable Co. Direct Wires to Galveston, Texas, connecting at that place with the Cables of the Mexican, the Central and South American Telegraph Companies for all the points in Mexico and Central and South America. Direct Wires and Cables to Havana, Cuba, connecting at that place with the Cuba Submarine and West India and Panama Telegraph Companies for all points in the West Indies. Connects at San Francisco with Pacific Cables to the Sandwich Islands, Honolulu, Guam, the Philippines, China, Japan, etc., and at Victoria, B.C., with Pacific Cable to Australia and New Zealand. Connects at Seattle, Wash., with U.S. Government Lines and Cable to and in Alaska. Exclusive connection with the Great North-Western Telegraph Co. of Canada. "See other Side For Telegram" "The two telegraph poles represent the relative size in number of offices of of the Western Union as compared with all other competing companies combined." Glen Echo, Md. Jan. 30 - 1911 Dear friends. Edith, Hermon, Saidee & Harold: Your Aunt Clara would write you today but - she seems to have thought of nothing since the news of your misfortune came, but your loss. It has so absorbed her thought and depressed her spirit that she is now in Bed "So Tired." A cold - some Bronchitis - She has been very well this winter until now. But has worked to much ather desk with the incessant interminable correspondence and no help. Everybody wants "a letter." Her Stenographer that helped last winter has been building a house, this winter, for a home, here in Glenn Echo. - So your Aunt has had all this writing to do by hand. You need not be told how the Sympathy of this house hold goes out to you during these sad days. If it had been possible we would have been with you. This is my first day up since the early part of last week The only time I have been confined to the house in years - Sincerely[*Answered Jan 31.*] GLEN ECHO JAN 30 A.M. 1911 MD. Mr Herman Riccius #9 Congress St Worcester Mass Glen Echo, Maryland Dear Friend: For the hundreds of communications, full of anxious solicitude and friendly sympathy, received by me during my illness of last winter and spring, I beg through this unsatisfactory, although only way open to me, to return this reminder of the heartfelt thanks which words can never express. May the blessings of health and strength be yours, and the measure of loving sympathy that has been given me be meted back to you. It were easy to search for the gems of the sea, The jewels and gold hid in mountain and lea, The thin veins of silver that line the green sod, But health is of wisdom, and strength is of God. Ever Gratefully, Clara Barton No reply expected. June 1, 1911To Herman Dearest love from Auntie Clara June 20 1911 [*Mr. Thayer made speeches at R. X. [?]*] CHARLES M. THAYER FRANK C. SMITH. JR. GEORGE A. GASKILL J. OTIS SIBLEY ________________________ ALBERT W. BLACKMER THAYER, SMITH & GASKILL COUNSELLORS AT LAW 509 STATE MUTUAL BUILDING WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS June 22, 1917. Herman P. Riccius, Esq., 9 Congress Street, Worcester, Mass. My dear Mr. Riccius:- I have in my office the very valuable Barton papers which you were good enough to loan to me and shall be glad to deliver them anywhere you suggest. I desire to express to your sister and to you my deep appreciation of your kindness in loaning these valuable papers to me. I have taken them to several meetings and they have been examined with very great interest. Very truly yours, Charles M. ThayerTo Hermann CHARLES M. THAYER WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS May 11, 1918. Hermann P. Riccius, Esq., 39 William Street Worcester, Mass. My dear Mr. Riccius, - I was very much over come this afternoon to receive a letter from Stephen E. Barton enclosing a wonderful letter from Clara Barton, to the Committee on Appropriation of the Senate. The letter contains some phrases which will be of great use to me in the campaign upon which I am now entering. The whole document will be a great treasure for me to keep. I thank you most sincerely for getting this document for me as I thoroughly appreciate that it is through your kindness that it comes. Very truly yours, Charles M. ThayerWATERVILLE JUL 29 1030AM 1940 MAINE THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS Hermann Porter Riccius 39 William St. Worcester Massachusetts Oct. 24/1851 from C. B diary "Visit from Mr. Ramsey" Mch 31 - 1852 "on Sunday commenced to S.R." last company interfered. Apr. 3 - 1852 "Tried to write to S.R. but could not do anything as I wished - don't care very much: AAS Worcester Oct. 16, 1941 Dear Hermann - On further investigation I see that the Note is the important thing here & that the Notes are information for which Mr. C.K. Bolton (Librarian Emeritus of the Boston Athenaeum) is indebted to Mrs. Paul Scheffler, great granddaughter of Edward Ashwell Teulon Mr. Bolton took these excerpts from the Edward Ashwell Teulon diary of 1854 - Au revoir [?]THE BARTON REUNION ASSOCIATION The tenth annual meeting of the Barton Reunion will be held August 17 at the summer home of the Whittiers and Kings at Parker Pond, Vienna, via. Mt. Vernon, Maine, which is in Kennebec County and easily accessible from Augusta or Waterville. This is the first time that the Massachusetts Bartons have entertained and it is hoped that a large number will be present to enjoy the hospitality of Mrs. Edith Riccius King, niece of Clara Barton of Red Cross fame, and Mr. King. A fine program is being arranged, boating and swimming may be enjoyed. Each member will take his picnic lunch as usual. If unable to be present, PLEASE send letters to be read. ELSIA BARTON HOLWAY BURLEIGH, Sec. R. F. D. 3, Waterville, Maine Samuel Ramsey - 1854 Diary of Edward Ashwell Teulon Boston Engraver Dec. 23, 1854 Samuel Ramsey returned to Clinton via Providence Note: In 1853 he became acquainted with Clara Barton, and they were engaged. Slight friction broke the engagement & he married Eliza Teulon THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WORCESTER CHAPTER CARTER MEMORIAL 61 HARVARD STREET WORCESTER 2, MASS. CHAPTER OFFICERS RICHARD J. RUTHERFORD, CHAIRMAN HAROLD D. WOODBURY, FIRST VICE-CHAIRMAN MRS. B. H. BRISTOW DRAPER, JR., SECOND VICE-CHAIRMAN RABBI LEVI A. OLAN, THIRD VICE-CHAIRMAN ROBERT S. BOWDITCH, SECRETARY OSCAR A. ANDERSON, TREASURER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MRS. DAN H. JOHANSON HOME SERVICE DIRECTOR ROBERT E. NAJEMY August 31, 1948 Mr. Hermon Paster Riccius 39 William Street Worcester, Massachusetts My dear Mr. Riccius: As you may know, the Post Office Department of the United States is honoring the memory of Clara Barton by the issue of a commemorative three cent stamp. As is customary on such occasions, there will be observances on the first day of issue. The place, the Oxford Town Hall - the date, Tuesday, September 7, 1948 - the time, 3 o'clock p.m. The Post Office Department and the Worcester Chapter of the American Red Cross, of which Oxford is a branch, extends to you as a relative of Miss Barton, a cordial invitation to be present. A feature of the occasion will be the presentation by James J. Lawlor, assistant Postmaster General, of a memorial album to Mrs. Guy Olney, representing members of the Barton family. Special seating arrangements have been made for the group. The enclosed program tells the remaining details, and we hope that we will be able to welcome you. May we request the favor of an answer? Cordially yours, Astrid A. Johanson Astrid A. Johanson Executive Director AUBURN BARRE BROOKFIELD CHARLTON DOUGLAS EAST BROOKFIELD GRAFTON HOLDEN HUBBARDSTON LEICESTER MILFORD-MENDON HOPEDALE MILLBURY NORTH BROOKFIELD-NEW BRAINTREE OAKHAM OXFORD PAXTON PRINCETON RUTLAND SHREWSBURY SOUTHBRIDGE SPENCER STURBRIDGE SUTTON UPTON UXBRIDGE WARREN-WEST WARREN WESTBORO WEST BOYLSTON WEST BROOKFIELD WHITINSVILLE-NORTHBRIDGEAugust 31, 1950 Dear Mr. Bicknell: - My sister, who is seriously ill, has asked me to reply to your letter of August 28. There will be only one fund, but the payments into it will be made in two installments. There is some $2,000 now in a savings bank which can be paid over currently, and another $2,000 in Treasury E's maturing in about a year which we will add to the fund when they mature. We will be glad to have provision made for the continued use of the fund in the event of the destruction of the birthplace dwelling. The fund could remain and the income be used by the Association for some kind of welfare work in Clara Barton's memory. The maintenance of the birthplace house and the operation of the diabetic camp are to some extent two separate works. The camp has its own buildings (located of course on the homestead land) and its own staff of workers. In the event that the camp work should some day be discontinued, the birthplace dwelling would continue as a shrine maintained by the Association in memory of an outstanding Universalist woman - indeed it was so run for several years before the diabetic camp was established. #2 Mr. Bicknell August 31, 1950 The thought that my sister and I have in specifying that the income shall be used for the maintenance, repair and operation of the birthplace dwelling is to make sure that there will be an annual income to take care of necessary repairs and to supplement to that extent the income from the endowment which the Association already has for the property. Very truly yours, Mr. A. Ingham Bicknell 6 Beacon Street Boston, MassachusettsTEL. CAPITOL 7-4220 A. INGHAM BICKNELL COUNSELLOR AT LAW 6 BEACON STREET BOSTON 8, MASS. IDA M. SPENCER September 1, 1950 Mr. Hermann P. Riccius 39 William Street Worcester, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Riccius: This will acknowledge your letter of August 31, and I regret exceedingly that your sister is seriously ill. I hope that, in due time, she will improve. I am suggesting that you transfer the $2,000.00 now in a Savings Bank to The Association of Universalist Women and that, in connection therewith, you write a letter to that Association reading substantially as follows: The Association of Universalist Women 16 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts Mesdames: We hand you herewith a check for $2,000.00 (or you may transfer the Savings Bank Book direct to us, saving any loss of interest) and in about a year we will transfer to you approximately $2,000.00 resulting from the maturing of United States Treasury E's. It is our understanding and wish that you will hold any money or securities received from us in trust, the income from such fund to be used only for the repair, maintenance and operation of the house in North Oxford, Massachusetts, in which Clara Barton was born. If the house should be destroyed by fire or other unavoidable casualty, or if the Association should determine that the work now being done at that location could no longer be carried out, the Association shall have the right to use the income of the fund for other purposes. However, such other purposes shall be as similar as possible to those now conducted, that is, the work carried on for the benefit of diabetic children. But, under all circumstances, this fund shall be held in memory of Clara Barton, the income to be used for some kind of welfare work in memory of Clara Barton. Yours very truly, The above should be signed by you and, if possible, by your sister. The letter could be sent to me with a check or Savings Bank Book made out in the name of The Association of Universalist Women. I will then have a vote prepared to be passed Mr. Hermann P. Riccius 2 at the next meeting of the Executive Board of The Association of Universalist Women. Very truly yours, A. I. Bicknell aib/js September 13, 1950 Dear Mr. Bicknell:— I have your letter of September 1 and apparently my letter of August 31 did not make entirely clear what my sister and I have in mind. We recognize that scientific and social changes in the years to come may make the operation of a camp at the North Oxford site impractical, and might make it advisable for the Association to sell its camp site and outlying lands there. With that thought in view we would like, with this modest fund, to provide an annual income which would make it possible for the Association to continue to retain the dwelling house as a memorial to Clara Barton, even though all other welfare work at the site has to be abandoned. Naturally the income from this fund will not be sufficient but we assume that income from other endowments could also be used. I therefore suggest that the third paragraph of your suggested letter be somewhat as follows: "If the house should be destroyed by fire or other unavoidable casualty the Association shall have the right to use the income for such other work in memory of Clara Barton as the Association shall determine." Will you be good enough if this, or something similar will be satisfactory to the Association? Yours very truly, Mr. A. Ingham Bicknell 6 Beacon Street Boston Massachusetts TEL. CAPITOL 7-4220 A. INGHAM BICKNELL COUNSELLOR AT LAW 6 BEACON STREET BOSTON 8, MASS. IDA M. SPENCER October 5, 1950 Mr. Hermann P. Riccius 39 William Street Worcester, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Riccius: I have had further conferences with Mrs. Bowman, representing the Association of Universalist Women, concerning the gift which you and your sister proposed to make to the Association of Universalist Women. The Association is willing that the gift should read as you requested in your letter of September 13. Under these circumstances, I suggest that you write a letter to the Association substantially as I suggested in my letter of September 1, and as you suggested in your letter of September 13. I suggest that you transfer the Savings Bank Book directly to the Association of Universalist Women, thereby saving any loss of interest. If you draw the money out and pay the Association by check, the interest since the last dividend will be lost. I enclose herewith a sample letter, to be sent to the Association of Universalist Women. I think that perhaps you better send the check or Savings Bank Book to me, and I will thereupon draw the proper receipt to be executed by the Association. If you send me the check, kindly have it payable to the Association of Universalist Women. Very truly yours, A I Bicknell air/js Enc.The Assossiation of Universalist Women 16 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts Mesdames: We hand you herewith a check for $2,000.00, (or we hand you herewith Savings Bank Book No. --, in ----- Savings Bank, said account now being in your name) and we propose, in about a year or so, to transfer to your organization $2,000.00 resulting from the maturing of the United States Treasury E's. It is our understanding and wish that you will hold any money or securities received from us in trust, the income from such funds only to be used for the repair, maintenance and operation of the house in North Oxford, Massachusetts, in which Clara Barton was born. [*& now owned by the AUW*] If the house should be destroyed by fire or other unavoidable casualty, the Association shall have the right to use the income for such other work in memory of Clara Barton as the Association shall determine. Very truly yours, October 26, 1950. Mr. A. Ingham Bicknall, 6 Beacon Street, Boston, 8, Mass. Dear Mr. Bicknall: My sister and I have at last a note from the Secretary of the Association of Universalist Women accepting the Stephen E. Barton Fund. What we had expected and what we would like is a certified copy of a vote by the directors of the Association acknowledging the receipt of the fund, and stating definitely the conditions as contained in my letter of October 14th, under which they accepted it. This vote will naturally be be entered on the records of the Association. Will you be good enough to let us have this? Sincerely,TEL. CAPITOL 7-4420 A. INGHAM BICKNELL COUNSELLOR AT LAW 6 BEACON STREET BOSTON 8, MASS. IDA M. SPENCER November 6, 1950 Mr. Hermann P. Riccius, Worcester 1, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Riccius: There is no question but that the Association of Universalist Women is accepting the gift from your sister and yourself in accordance with your letter of October 14. This organization, however, only infrequently holds Board meetings and most of the business is done by mail vote. I am assured by the officers of the organization that, just as soon as possible, they will have a formal vote, thanking you for the receipt of the gift and agreeing to use it in accordance with your wishes. If you do not receive a certified vote within the next two or three months, kindly let me know. However, I am certain that there is nothing to worry about. Very truly yours, A I Bicknell aib/js THE PIKE HAVEN HOUSE. BUILT 1693 BY JEREMIAH PIKE. FRAMINGHAM, MASS. 17 on Belknap Rd. Insured No. _______________ Addressed to Mr. H. Riccius 39 William Received Collect PP Sta for Parcel Date 2/19 Delivered by ______/74POST CARD Mr Hermann P Riccius 39 William Street Worcester 2 Mass ORVILLE B DENISON, SECRETARY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FRAMINGHAM, MASS Once again it's a pleasure to wish you MANY HAPPY RETURNS of the DAY on your brithday, next Tuesday, Sara returned earlier this week from our "Wellsweep" in Cornish, Maine, where she spent exactly five months this "summer". Our big son, Jr, and dtr, Helen, and their families live right adjacent to our place -- so it's fine for Sara with 6 grandchildren there. Our best to you & Saidee. [Dennie?] The mail described on other side must be called for at post office or station named in postmark. Upon request the mail will again be presented for delivery by carrier, provided assurance is given that it will be accepted (and charges paid if C. O. 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(Signature) OFFICE RECORD OF DISPOSITION WHEN DELIVERY CANNOT BE EFFECTED Forwarded to addressee at (Full address of addressee) Date Returned to sender at (Complete only if not shown on other side) Date e9-16-44231-1Collection THE PAPERS OF CLARA BARTON [Series and/or] Container 13 Shelf/Accession No. 86-38 (rev 7/82)