Typed letter signed by Robert Lansing (1864-1928).
Washington, DC: not published, 1916. First Edition. No Binding. Quarto (4to). Very Good+ condition. Item #019553
2-page letter on embossed Secretary of State letterhead, dated September 8, 1916. To the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States. Letter of introduction of John Barrett, Director General of the Pan American Union and former U.S. Envoy and Minister to Argentina, Colombia, Panama and Siam. "Mr. Barrett is proceeding by the steamship PHILADELPHIA , sailing tomorrow...to Great Britain and France and possibly to Holland, Spain and Italy, for the purpose of studying the present and future effect of the war upon the commercial and economic conditions and relations of the American Republics." One crease at center.
Price: $200.00