(FORBES FAMILY) Small archive of Gerrit Forbes diplomatic pa

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(FORBES FAMILY.) Small archive of Gerrit Forbes diplomatic papers. 7 items, various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1904-35

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Gerrit Forbes (1880-1964) was an American diplomat, son of wealthy Boston sportsman John Malcolm Forbes. This small archive contains: His 1904 Harvard diploma Letter of introduction to American consulates in Africa written at request of Theodore Roosevelt, 1911 Letter from Churchill (not Winston) of American Expeditionary Forces concerning Forbes's posting as military attaché, 1917 French automobile permit with photograph, 1919 Letter of introduction to French African administrator Albert Sarrault, 1923 Offer of a clerkship in Addis Ababa from Under Secretary of State William Phillips, 1935, with response.