United States (nation)
Found in 1689 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 03 Feb 1918
(Untitled), 27 Feb 1918
(Untitled), 22 Jan 1918
Newspaper cutting from the Evening Sun of a letter to the editor from Shane Leslie about Cecil Spring-Rice's time as British ambassador to the United States. Spring-Rice is praised for his delicate handling of Anglo-American relations, his success in persuading American traders to blockade Germany after the outbreak of World War I and in inspiring confidence among the Catholic and Irish factions in America. Leslie also discusses Spring-Rice's relations with President Woodrow Wilson.
(Untitled), c 1905
Draft copy of an article [by Lady Randolph Churchill] for the New York World which includes observations about society in London and New York [United States], Mrs William Astor's [Mary Astor's] comments about American "salons" and the position of women in both countries. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
(Untitled), 21 Mar 1903
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1943
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1943 - 28 Aug 1943
(Untitled), 02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943
(Untitled), 10 [Nov] [1895]
Part of a letter from WSC (763, Fifth Avenue [New York, United States]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he and [Reginald] Barnes are staying with [William] Bourke Cockran; describes meeting a Supreme Court Judge, Eva [Purdy], and future engagements with Cornelius Vanderbilt and comments on the lavish hospitality extended by Americans although he says that he is not impressed with the American press or currency.
(Untitled), 15 [Nov] [1895]
(Untitled), 15 Oct [1896]
(Untitled), [Oct 1945]
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1946
Copy of a letter from WSC to Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, marked "personal and private" thanking him for his draft speech on the Roosevelt Memorial Bill; promising to write again about a publication; and discussing demobilisation figures and the possibility of war with the Soviet Union, noting that the Russians are hampered by two reasons "their virtue and self restraint. The second, the possession by the United States of the Atomic bomb."Carbon typescript signed with initials.
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1946
(Untitled), 2-3 Dec 1950
(Untitled), 24 Mar 1951
Letter from Harry Truman [President of the United States] (The White House, Washington) to WSC explaining that he does not wish to publish the Quebec Agreement as requested by WSC because it will lead to requests for information about the current status of collaboration between the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States and that this would jeopardise the countries and NATO Allies.Signed typescript.
(Untitled), 16 Feb 1951
(Untitled), 12 Feb 1951
Copy of a letter from WSC to the President of the United States [Harry Truman] asking for the publication of the 1943 Quebec Agreement, arguing that the British Parliament should have access to the facts, that consent from the British government would be needed to use the US air bases in East Anglia for the atomic bomb and this would strengthen the ties between the two countries. He ends by congratulating [Truman] on events in Korea and the Eisenhower mission. Unsigned carbon typescript.
(Untitled), 24 Sep 1947
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1946
(Untitled), 18 Jul 1955
(Untitled), 15 Jul 1955
Letter from "Ike" Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States (The White House) to WSC on the forthcoming Four Power summit meeting at Geneva [Switzerland] between the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union and France. He expresses sadness that WSC will not be present at the meeting and says they will be inspired by WSC's "long quest for peace". Signed typescript.
(Untitled), 03 Oct 1945
(Untitled), 06 Apr 1963
Draft/copy letter from WSC to President [John Kennedy] thanking him for the honour of Honorary Citizenship of the United States; on his links with the United States beginning with his father's marriage; the links between the United States and Great Britain and the "unity of the English-speaking peoples". Unsigned carbon typescript.