Clara Barton General Correspondence Adee, Alvey A. July 1888-Apr. 1903 Ramsay Department of State Washington, July 14 /88 Miss Clara Barton, Washington, DC Madam: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th, instant, relative to the charges against Mr. Ramsay for improper use of a circular letter of introduction to our Consular Officers, and also saying that you do not remember requesting the said letter for Mr. Ramsay, but that you did give him a personal letter to Mr. Brown. In reply I have to informyou that it was no doubt upon your letter to Mr. Brown that the Circular letter of introduction to our Consuls was issued to Mr. Ramsay. I am, Madam, Your obedient servant, Alvey A. Adee Acting Secretary. Department of State Washington July 28, 1897 Miss Clara Barton President of the American Red Cross Society Madam: I enclose herewith for your information a copy of a note from the Russian Charge d'Affaires at this capital, dated the 22d instant, stating that the Red Cross Society of Russia has established two beds for sick sailors of the United States Navy, one at St. Petersburg and the other at Odessa, Russia. Respectfully yours, Alvey A. Adee Acting Secretary Enclosure: From the Russian Legation, No. 356, July 22, 1987 No. 356. Translations Washington July 10/22. 1897. Mr. Secretary of State, The Red Cross Society of New York at its last annual meeting decided in token of the friendship existing between Russia and the United States to establish a bed for the sick belonging to the Imperial Russian Navy. The Red Cross Society of Russia touched by this evidence of friendly attention on the part His Excellency John Sherman &c, &c, &c,past of the Red Cross Society of New York has in return established two beds for sick sailors of the United States Navy, one at St. Petersburg and the other at Odessa. Availing myself of this occasion I beg you Mr. Secretary of State to accept the assurance of my very high consideration Gregoire de Wollant 33 Princess Salm Salm Glen Echo, Md, March 18, 1901 Hon. Alvey A. Adee Department of State Washington D.C. Dear Mr. Adee: You may have been made aware, as I have, of a pressure being brought to bear for the Consulate of Kehl, Germany, in favor of Felix S.S. Johnson, now in the consular service in the Province of Quebec, Canada. In this pressure I am naturally asked to join. Kehl having been an important point of Alsace in my old war days of France and Germany, when the Father of Felix Johnson held the consulate and the Princess Salm Salm and Mrs. Johnson, her sister, were my valued and faithful friends in a foreign land, it is only natural that they should turn to me now to aid in their effort, and equally so that I should desire to render that aid. Not that I have the smallest power in that direction, I still take this method to make known to you, Mr. Adee that all thing being equal and right, I should be glad of the transfer. I have been on the point fo writing you for several days what was in my heart to say; but I desisted regretting to stir afresh the wound so tender in yours. I was both pained and shocked when I learned the loss you had sustained in your capable and accomplished2 Brother. It was a loss of us all and together we add our regrets and our sorrows to your great bereavement and grief, praying for the healing of time to soften what we cannot remove. Most Faithfully & Sympathetically yours, Received March 20 1901 - C.B. Department of State Washington, March 20, 1901. Personal My dear Miss Barton: I am in receipt of your letter of the 18th and have had great pleasure in putting your recommendation of Mr. Johnson in the hands of the Appointment Clerk of the Department, so that it may be filed with the other papers in connection with the Consulate at Kehl. I thank you most sincerely for your kind words of sympathy in my bereavement. Very truly yours, Alvey A. Adee Miss Clara Barton, President, the American Natl. Red Cross Glen Echo, Maryland. Mr. Adee April 15 1903 1019 15th St. Washington, April 11, 1903 Dear Miss Barton Your letter of the 3rd instant reached me at a busy time, when to the usual press of office work was added the strain of getting ready to take my annual holiday. I deeply regret the stress you have undergone in connection with the affairs ofthe Red Cross, and trust that the situation will soon become less trying, now that you have directed an impartial examination of its administrative record. You will receive by this mail a formal letter revoking the proxy I gave two years ago. This implies no criticism of the Red Cross management, it merely establishes my desire and purpose to maintain the impartial and just attitude which befits my official position. Very cordially yours Alvey A. Adee Miss Clara Barton. Alvey Adee April 15, 1903 Office of SECOND ASSISTANT SECRETARY Department of State Washington April 11, 1908 Miss Clara Barton, President, American National Red Cross 49, E. 58th Street, New York City. Dear Madam: In my dual capacity, as one of the original incorporators of the American National Red Cross under the Act of Congress of June 6, 1900, and as an Assistant Secretary of State who is at times required to direct the affairs of the Department of State as its Acting Secretary, it behooves me not to delegate my collateral privilege as a member of the American National Red Cross in voting upon matters which, by the terms of the Act of Incorporation may come under the official cognizance of the Secretary of State. I have therefore the honor to notify you, and through you the Executive Committee of the American National Red Cross, that I hereby revoke any and every proxy heretofore given by me, reserving all rights pertaining to me as a Member of the American National Red Cross to vote upon any and all questions which may be brought before the members thereof. I am, dear Madam, Yours very respectfully Alvey A. Adee.