Letter from General William Franklin Draper to his son, Clare Hill Draper, April 28, 1899
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Title
Letter from General William Franklin Draper to his son, Clare Hill Draper, April 28, 1899
Subject
Draper, William F. (William Franklin), 1842-1910--Correspondence; Draper, Clare Hill; United States.Army--Generals; Legislators--United States--1890-1990; Draper family
Description
A letter from General William Franklin Draper to his son Clare Hill Draper written from the Embassy of the United States in Rome while he was the Ambassador to Italy. The letter talks about his views on life and what his son should consider as he plans for his future. He stresses commitment and duty to the community. He tells him he should make his life useful to the community and that he should make life valuable and satisfactory to himself as long as it does not interfere with the public good. General William Franklin Draper was the Ambassador to Italy from 1896-1899.
Creator
Draper, William F. (William Franklin), 1842-1910
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
1899-04-28
Relation
Is part of the Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
Format
Text/pdf
Language
en-US
Type
Text
Files
Collection
Citation
Draper, William F. (William Franklin), 1842-1910, “Letter from General William Franklin Draper to his son, Clare Hill Draper, April 28, 1899,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 24, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/727.
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