CLARA BARTON
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
Clark, Elsa Trotzig
Apr. 1901 - Oct. 1902The American National Red Cross,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OCTOBER 1, 1881.
REINCORPORATED, APRIL 17, 1893.
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 by Act of Congress, March 1, 1882. Ratified by the Congress of Berne,
June 9, 1882. Proclaimed by President Arthur, July 26, 1882.
BOARD OF CONSULTATION:
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
CLARA BARTON, President and Treasurer.
GEORGE KENNAN, First Vice-President.
STEPHEN E. BARTON, Second Vice-President.
WALTER P. PHILLIPS, General Secretary.
Dr. JULIAN B. HUBBELL, Gen'l Field Agent.
DIRECTORS:
CLARA BARTON,
STEPHEN E. BARTON
DR. JULIAN B. HUBBELL,
GEORGE KENNAN,
WALTER P. PHILLIPS,
PETER V. DE GRAW,
DR. JOSEPH GARDNER
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
STEPHEN E. BARTON, Chairman.
GEORGE C. BOLDT, Treasurer.
JOSEPH SHELDON
WM. B HOWLAND.
CUBAN RELIEF WORK:
CLARA BARTON, Director.
J. B. HUBBELL, M.D., Field Agent.
FRANCIS ATWATER, Business Agent.

[*Trotzig*]
Habana April 30-1907
Department of Charities
Habana, Cuba

My very dear Miss Barton:
Your beautiful letter was received when we 
returned from our short wedding tour to Florida 
and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate 
it, coming from you, as it did; and I think 
that you will believe & understand me when 
I tell you that those kind words & congratulations 
from you made my happiness complete. 
I have been waiting to hear from Dr. Hubbell 
also, but so far have had nothing; perhaps he 
is ill again or does he not want to know us 
any longer! From home I have received the 
greatest amount of congratulations, they 
all seem quite satisfied over there to have 
me married & settled and are now anxious 
to have us come over for a visit. I certainly 
hope we can go before long but it is hard to 
tell just when it can be. You see I am writingto you to day on Red Cross paper, I found 
a few sheets in my trunk the other day 
and saved it to write Miss Barton on.

The winter down here this year has been 
simply delightful and you cannot imagine 
the great number of tourists that have visited 
the place. We have certainly enjoyed it too 
and have the nicest little house in a government 
building at the end of Prado St. with 
a view over the Morro Castle and the sea.

We both hold our positions in the Department 
of Charities and like our work very much, 
but will be extremely sorry to have our 
Splendid Major Greble leave us. He has 
received another and better appointment 
and leaves for West Point next month & will 
be succeeded by Major Kean who was before 
the Chief Surgeon of Habana & Pinar del Rio
Provinces. As for the Rathbone's they are still 
here because they have to, that is the best 
reason I can give. It is now a year ago since 
they had to move out of their elegant mansion 
and as Mr. Rathbone is out on bond of course 
he cannot leave the Island. They are living 
out in Urlado at the Hotel Froche, which you 
probably remember, but are never in Society 
any more, nobody receives them. He has no 
other position and nobody knows what they

2)
The American National Red Cross,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OCTOBER 1, 1881.
REINCORPORATED, APRIL 17, 1893.
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 by Act of Congress, March 1, 1882. Ratified by the Congress of Berne,
June 9, 1882. Proclaimed by President Arthur, July 26, 1882.
BOARD OF CONSULTATION:
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
CLARA BARTON, President and Treasurer.
GEORGE KENNAN, First Vice-President.
STEPHEN E. BARTON, Second Vice-President.
WALTER P. PHILLIPS, General Secretary.
Dr. JULIAN B. HUBBELL, Gen'l Field Agent.
DIRECTORS:
CLARA BARTON,
STEPHEN E. BARTON
DR. JULIAN B. HUBBELL,
GEORGE KENNAN,
WALTER P. PHILLIPS,
PETER V. DE GRAW,
DR. JOSEPH GARDNER
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
STEPHEN E. BARTON, Chairman.
GEORGE C. BOLDT, Treasurer.
JOSEPH SHELDON
WM. B HOWLAND.
CUBAN RELIEF WORK:
CLARA BARTON, Director.
J. B. HUBBELL, M.D., Field Agent.
FRANCIS ATWATER, Business Agent.

live on but they manage to get along. Mrs. R. 
has taken a couple of short trips up to the 
States, I believe she is there now, but will 
return shortly; otherwise she stays faithfully 
with him. I believe that Mr. Harly 
and Mr. Rathbone are both to be tried next 
month. We have been out once since we were 
married to see them and they seemed so 
grateful for it that it made me feel extremely 
sorry for them.

I never see any other Red Cross people but 
heard that Dr. Rolloso still keeps the house 
in Cerro & rents rooms; Mr. Cobb is in 
some kind of business here, but we never 
see or hear anything of him and young 
Kent has got some kind of a Government 
Position. I believe in the School Dept. 

I had a very good opportunity to give your 
regards to Governor General Wood; just after 
we returned from our wedding tour there was 
a ball given at the Palace to which we wereinvited, your letter had come the day before,
so I took the opportunity. He appreciated it 
very much & we had quite a little chat about 
Miss Barton and [as] he asked me not to 
forget to thank you and to give you his 
most respectful & kind regards.

At the same ball I had the great pleasure 
also to meet some of my country men; 
it happened that the Swedish warship 
"Balder" had arrived in Habana the day 
before and of course all the officers were 
invited to the ball. Imagine my delight 
when among them I found a cousin & three 
olden times friends of mine and all the 
rest were friends of my friends of something 
like that, at least I felt that I knew 
them all. The day after the ball they all 
called on us and invited us to dine onboard 
the ship. The dinner was strictly Swedish 
the dining room was decorated with Swedish 
American & Cuban flags and the band played 
old home music. After dinner we were all 
invited to a masquerade ball at Madame 
Forrin's but were too tired to go away out
there. I see her quite often and she always 
wants to be remembered very kindly to you
& Dr. Hubbell. Dr, Carbouclt has called with 
his wife and we returned the call, otherwise


The American National Red Cross,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OCTOBER 1, 1861.
REINCORPORATED, APRIL 17, 1893.
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 sighed by nearly all civilized nations. The United States gave its
adhesion by Act of Congress, March 1, 1882. Ratified by the Congress of Berne,
June 9, 1992. Proclaimed by President Arthur, July 26, 1882.
BOARD OF CONSULTATION:
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
CLARA BARTON, President and Treasurer.
GEORGE KENNAN, First Vice-President.
STEPHEN E. BARTON, Second Vice-President.
WALTER P. PHILLIPS, General Secretary.
Dr. JULIAN B. HUBBELL, Gen'l Field Agent.
DIRECTORS:
CLARA BARTON,
STEPHEN E. BARTON
DR. JULIAN B. HUBBELL,
GEORGE KENNAN,
WALTER P. PHILLIPS,
PETER V. DE GRAW,
DR. JOSEPH GARDNER
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
STEPHEN E. BARTON, Chairman.
GEORGE C. BOLDT, Treasurer.
JOSEPH SHELDON
WM. B HOWLAND.
CUBAN RELIEF WORK:
CLARA BARTON, Director.
J. B. HUBBELL, M.D., Field Agent.
FRANCIS ATWATER, Business Agent.

3)
we do not see much of anybody. Our greatest 
pleasure is horse back riding & driving; we 
have bought two the prettiest black horses,
exactly alike with white faces & stockings 
& we ride them & drive them double or single 
every day. Our work is now mostly in Habana, 
but ocasionally I take a little trip to the country 
as before. The Cuban people although ungrateful to 
the American Government & anxious to have 
the Americans leave the Island, still love 
Miss Barton & remember what she has done 
for them. All our old friends send their love. 
Mr. Clark leaves here on the 4th of May to 
attend the Charity Conference in Washington. 
I should like immensely to go with him, but 
we cannot very well both leave here & then the 
time is so short that I will wait for another 
opportunity. He says that he should like to 
see Miss Barton and I certainly hope that he 
will so that you can have a little talk together 
and then Miss Barton will know that she hasin us two friends who will always consider
it a privilege if they can be of any help to
her at any time.
And now I think it time that I stop for you
must be tired of my love story. Please remember,
dear Miss Barton, that I am the
same as always + that I love you. My
husband joins me in sending you his love
Yours very affectionately
Elsa Trotzig Clark

it necessary to go to the
country as we expected to
have done this month.
I believe that Mr. Clark
will have an opportunity
to keep on with charity
work in this country, but
we are yet undecided what
to do. Sometimes we talk of going to live in the
country, you see, we have
our eyes on a nice little
farm in Pennsylvania.

Trotzig Clark - Ansd Aug. 18. 1902
August 13th 1902
11 West 103rd St.
New York City.
My very dear Miss Barton:
It was a great
disappointment to us not
to be able to see you when
you arrived from Europe,
for we had counted on it
and watched the Papers
carefully so as to know the
day. Mr. Clark, when seeing that
you had arrived telephoned to
Brooklyn thinking that you might
be stopping over with Dr. Hall
Brown, but could get no answer
from there. Then we tried to
call up Mr. Stephen Barton, but
could not find him either.
We are very anxious to see you
and tell you about our interesting
experiences in Cuba.
We returned to the United States
just one month after the Island
was turned over to the Cubans
and it seems to me that we
left them just as poor as we
found them when we first went
down to work for them.
We are now staying with Mr.
Clark's mother in New York, the
weather has been so lovely and
cool that we have not found

and think that Poultry-raising
might not be such
a bad business. We are
both very fond of the country
and anxious to have
a little home of our own,
what do you think of this?
Our new member of the
family is doing very well,
developing and growing
finely, she is now four
months old, quite a big girl.
She is such a comfort to us,
if it was not for her I would
miss my work among the orphans
dreadfully, but she
keeps me busy.
We left our work in good hands
in Cuba and hope that it will
be kept up, but we have heard
that a good many changes have
taken place in the department
since we left.
All your friends, Mr. Garriza,
the [Carbowell?] family, Mrs. [Forrin?]
etc. sent their love to you.
With love from Mr. Clark, Ana
and myself, I am always
Yours very sincerely
Elsa Trotzig Clark.

on, and in the meantime
Mr. Clark has taken the
position he was offered
here in New York with
"the Charity Organization
Society", which is a very
good one, and where he
will get a valuable experience
in all branches
of charity work.
I have been very busy
hunting for an apartment
for us, it is very
hard to find one that has
good air and light, but

Elsa Trotzig Clark= Oct, 17- 1902
11 West 103rd St.
New York City
September 29- 1902
My very dear Miss Barton:
I have not
written to you before, as
I know how busy you must
have been all this time
and how many letters you
always receive and have
to answer. But I hope 
that you will feel thatand had her baptized, but had
no time to stay there and see
any of our friends.
I am sending this to Glen
Echo, as I am not certain
where you are now.
We both hope to see you on your
return home; I will let you know
as soon as we change our address,
but we will probably stay here
for another month yet.
Hoping to see you soon and
with lots of love from us all.
Always very sincerely yours,
Elsa Trotzig Clark.

1902 period what else
was [closing then?]
[Elsa T. Clark]
Glen Echo, Md., Oct. 19th, 1902.
My dear Cuban girl:
I am going to send ypu just a line to say
that your welcome letter is with us; and how much we all enjoyed
it. Since seeing you I have been to Detroit, back to Merriden,
-then to Washington to the Encampment, had a big cold and am
pretty well over the whole of THEM.
Dr. Hubbell is well and busy as a bee-housekeeping, the
difference is he keeps house on the outside; having half a dozen
little Glen Echo houses that he keeps in paint and shingles.
     I am glad that Mr. Clark is with the Organized Charity
Association: its honored Head is a very precious friend of mine.
      You have doubtless your new house selected and are all
en famile by this time. It will be such a short time when the
little bundle of white, that you jointly carry about in your
arms will trip about, bringing Mama her work basket and Papa's s
slippers.
With a big hug to her and loving regard for yourselves
I am, as always,