|!'ll!lil|i|i'!ii;'^il^ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DD0D173SHDa %<^' ../% o V -^ -.t^. .V (J> • o » o ' ^^ \> V - • • 0^ i;^. -^ T' ^•^ '^; .^^ ■ vV^. -' ■5- o V » < "°o .*^ ^0 -C;, v3 J^ .V^yr^b-' .v5 °^. V '^^ ■^^. » ■• ^- ^y^ .r^^ ,0^ > . '^^ ,0. ^-.. "^o. ,0' V^ -0^ '^o. .& ■^^ ^'^ 1- ■ A .*^ ^ ^^ ■°*> •J- Ti - , \r'\ . o> -p V^^:-^f'>^ ^^-'^.^-y \-:-t^>^ ^ ,-1 ^. ^ •V^ "a. B ft < J > o ... , •^^o'' .^*'°- -oV^^ "^O^ ' ~r'>-. ^^.v^ 0^ .... .-. > » o ■ 6°., .^^' "^ .s^'-^-^- o .V O ^_, ♦ „ ^^°*, ,4 q vj' .v^-^^ "^v ^ ■a/ -<^ , V ... 4-. V >p% '^K <» ^.o« o V A Anglo - American «« tf « a«tt ^i »««.'jUBJ»'iiwuj-\-i!iJutaMa ii iii ■ « 1 1 l i iiiimii ™™— - Relations Concerning the Origin of the Pilgrims Society As a Matter of Insuring Historical Accuracy, tlie within Record is PublisKecJ FRED V. S. CROSBY 120 Broadway, New York, N. Y. EARL ROBERTS /'tin's /uiitloi/, j'Wrr )'o?-k Ifira/d /lllv I J, /lji>2 TO HAVE A RESTl PLACE, steps Taken in London for Formation of an Anglo-American Club. WIEETIN6 AT CARLTQN HOTEL Plan of Organization Outlined l3y Jlr. Lindsay Russell Approved and Conuuittee Appointed. ;bt the heralds special wire] London; Saturday. — A meeting was hc!d at tlie Carkon Bbtel yesterday, when tlio first jteps were taken in the forma- tion cf an Anglo-American Club, to be known a> ' Tlr,- Piljjrims." (icneral .Joseph Wheeler presided, Mr. IT, E. V. Britlain acted as secretary and souie forty men were present. I'lic object of the cUib and a plan of organization were outlined by Mr. Lind- .say Russell, of New Yoik, who has be(?n the principal mover in the matter. Mr. Hainiltcfi McCormick, Colonel Mahan, (of tho British army), Mr. Oliver Hereford, Mr. Frank A. Mnnsey, and Mr. James McDonald all spoke in unqualified praise iif the JJea and were in favon of imme- diate, ^teps being taken for the organiza- tion of the olub upon tlio lines suggested by Mr. Russell, and which have ajrcady jitgfin figt f.ef th:.)fi the Heraid. j^i,,,,, CABLE ADDRESS INTEHLEX TELEPHONE CORTLANDT 1249 McLaughlin, Russell, Coe & Sprague CITY INVESTING BUILDING. 165 BROADWAY NEW YORK TREDERICK C. MCLAUGHLIN LINDSAY RUSSELL WALTER E, COE RUFUS W. SPRAGUE, JR- EDWARO P SHARRETTS ROBERT H. HILLS December 18, 1919. Mr. Frederic V. S. Crosby, Union Pacific Railroad Co. 120 Broadway, New York City. Dear Mr. Crosby: Referring to your enquiry concerning the Pilgrims Society, which was formed for the purpose of bringing together at intervals statesmen and informed men of the United States and Great Britain and of affording a sort of Board of Hospitality as a means of fostering friendship, I may say that perhaps no one individual could be said to have founded it. The common law rule that it takes three or more to make a mob is perhaps applicable to a Society. However, those who co-operated and contributed most in the formative period were: NEW YORK Bishop Potter William Eutler Duncan George T. Wilson R. A. C. Smith Herbert Noble Robert J. Mooney P. Cunlif fe-Owen LONDON General Joseph Wheeler Albert S. Crockett (Correspondent, N. Y. Herald) George T. Wilson Milton B. Snyder (of the N. Y. Herald) Walter Neef (of the Associated Press) Louis C. Hay J . Arthur Barrat t Frank A. Munsey 1. N. Ford (of the N. Y. Tribune H. R. Chamberlain (of the N. Y. Sun) R. A. C. Smith H. E. Brittain Mr. Choate, who was Ambassador to England at the time, declined to support the Society in its initial stages on account of the opposition of the American Society of London. With this I send the ancestral tree of the Pilgrims. Too much cannot be said in praise of the unremitting interest and activity during the past fifteen years of George T. Wilson and R. A. C. Smith of New York and Sir Harry E. Brittain of London in directing and articulating the work of the two branches of the Pilgrims. Very sincerely yours, LINDSAY RUSSELL. 0) z o z < u u 3 9- < Q. r- UJ z < ... <::::K CO 1 ■'»< A 'L' 9 / July 1902. K^A /'^^v^^c^ //>^e.^^ I beg to thaiii: you tor- your letters of the 14trj and 16th. instant in regard to the rormation of an International Glut. As I l'iav« already inTormed you, I am in favour of tha s scheme, and will en- duavcur to preside, ii' pcssibl.,, at the meeting which it is pro- pose i to held at the Carlton KaStel nex-t week. T am engaged on the 25th and 26th. Berorti anything definite io settled would it not be. advisable to ascertain what Mr Ciiambt- plain's views are re,c:ardxng tlie proposed club? Its success, would, I tllink, depend a good deal on his sup- porting it. Believe ^me. / ?&i,3or General J. ITheeler* United States Army. 4-7. Portland Place. ^. ^^ ^ - ' / /s //^i^t/y . Washington Barracks, D. G., December 4, 1919. Mr. Frederic V. S. Crosby, Union Pacific R. R. Company, 120 Broadway, New York City. Dear Sir: My father, General Joseph Wheeler, and I while on a visit to London in the summer of 1902 were in frequent intercourse with Mr. Lindsay Russell, a family friend. It was at Mr. Russell's office at 3 Finch Lane, London, that my father first saw the plan of organization of the Pilgrims Society and received an invitation to cooperate therein. Later he called on Lord Roberts and presented the idea to him and got his approval. He subsequently called upon several other distinguished Englishmen to extend the invitation of the Society to its first banquet. Mr. Harry Brittain, who was a clerk in Mr. Russell's office at that time, first met my father there. Verytrulyyours, JOSEPH WHEELER, Jr. Colonel , U. S. A. Telephone, Mibray Hhl 2"'45 The Bryant Advertising Corporation One hundred and three Park Avenue M.vsv s ch.,.,..,.,. Pershing Square Albkki S. Crockett N.Tr'AV/ \^/^r\jy Alexander Malcolm Vict PKCi A THEAS iNC, W X vJlviV ART DIRECTOR December 3, 1919. Mr. Frederic V. S, Crosby, Union Pacific Railway Co., 165 Broadway, New York City. Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry concerning the Society of the Pilgrims, I may say that as a correspondent of the New York Herald in London during the year 1902, I know the following to be facts: The man who conceived the idea of such an organization was Mr. Lindsay Russell, a member of the bar of New York, who at that time had an office in London. Before he proceeded to put his plan into execution, Mr. Russell spoke to me several times about the need for a society whose purpose should be to foster Anglo-American friendship, and even outlined how and by whose aid he expected to bring such an association into being. He was cnairman of the organization committee of the Pilgrims in London, and it is my understanding that he was one of those most active in the formation of the American organization in New York. I know that his London Office in Pinch Lane was for some time the headquarters of the Society, Sir Harry Brittain has played a very active part in the development of the Pilgrims, but it is unfair to him as well as to others, that he should be called the "founder" of the Society. When I first knew Harry Brittain, he was in the employ of Mr. Russell, and the latter told me at the time he had engaged the young Englishman to do some special work for him. Sir Harry did not found the Pilgrims; it would be nearer correct to say that the Pilgrims founded Sir Harry. At any rate, he saw his great opportunity when it was offered, and it is highly creditable to him that he seized it, for it gave him the chance to come eventually into close touch with the leading men of at least two countries, and actually provided a means to a career for which by education and disposition he was eminently suited. For the development of the Pilgrims in England, a great share of the credit must go to the energy, tact and resourcefulness of Sir Harry; but the founder of the Society was an American. Yours very truly, ASC/J ALBERT S. CROCKETT. lO LONDON TIMES JUNE 19, 1903 In an article concerning the annual dinner of the Pilgrims Society held at Princes' Restaurant, Picadilly, the Archdeacon of London presiding, the Times says : "Sir Gilbert Parker proposed "the Pilgrims" and Mr. Lindsay Russell, founder of the Society, who was presented by the Chairman with a silver loving cup in token of his services, responded." THE WORLD, LONDON JUNE 23. 1903, says: "The Annual Dinner of the Pilgrims at Princes' on Friday had one pleasing incident of which I should like to speak. It was the presentation to Mr. Lindsay Russell, the founder of the Pilgrims both here and in New York, of a magnificent silver loving cup appro- priately inscribed. Mr. Russell sails for New York to-day after a stay in England of nearly two years." 1 1 54 W ■Q- o <^ .«^ >^ .•^°<. >^»^ ^'^-n^. o » , V .« o. , ,^>\ -km- /\ '■■- -^ \^ •*• «v 4: -^^^ ^-^ ^ ^^ /^ . '^^ -^^ "°o V -^ * • *- fV *, O !• « ./ A^^ o >'-^<^. "-^^ ^ ''-'"-' .^- ^ ^'•V. '• '^<> ^C^ *{ % V / X .^•^°- V<^ "'1 - .v'^ ^o. ^0 % . V ,-,^ V .^^^ ,<^ , -^o« , -'^....,, . .. ^^ ..v:„L....- -^0^ = ; "*bt^ ,-. -^r^ ' .n -. -^ /^ --„, .^-^ ......... ^°^ '^ - ' ^-^ • '' ■^^' <, •-. .0^ % '...A <^ "•■ .c.^ %"''■■<> <* " A^ VS* o V % >. o . » ,N^^ y^ ' . . ' x > .^' >j^ ■^ '■■,'?.5<..„ »'*"'- i^s \'j" >' V' ■■-. .^^^"-^. ^0' .^^^•^-. c^ ""-? ^_u ^0-^ ,-^q,. 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