Letter to William Osler from Lewellys Franklin Barker, 1035, North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Informs him that Weller Van Hook, who he knew in Chicago, and who is a close friend of Ludwig Hektoen, has a nineteen year old son who wishes to enter at Christ Church. Kind comments on the latter and on his father. Asks him to take care of the young boy.
Barker, Lewellys F. (Lewellys Franklin), 1867-1943
Letter to William Osler from Clifford N. Carver, American Embassy, London, England. Sends him a letter (CUS417/120.32) which came addressed in care of the Ambassador.
Letter to William Osler from Leonard L. Mackall. Thanks him to have ask Bixby to send his last extra copy of the Dofob Byron book which he was anxious to get. It is another proof of Osler's invariable great kindness to him. Cannot do more than send him all his most cordial regards and a few aggregations of bibliographical notes on Thomas Browne, on the Spanish Military Nun, on Osler's "Servetur" 1909. It contains three pages of these notes.
Letter to William Osler from R.A. Roberts, Public Record Office, Chancerly Lane, London, England. Informs him that the letters of Finch and the ones of Baines among the Finch papers are in proof, also extracts from Finch's notebook compiled in Turkey and containing many references to Baines. The volume will be published later on in 1915. Mentions the difficulty having an outsider using these letters before publication. Mentions a possibility to bypass the objections of the Commissioners. Will give his brother Osler's message. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from Joseph Leidy, Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, USA. He is there until the fall. He sends only the enclosed with him, one of the few drawings he possesses as all others have been sent to Nolan to be placed in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Will send him a manuscript on his return. He is interested in Osler's reference to the Biological Club. Mitchell never gave him anything though he promised many times to do so. Asks him to jot down notes of his impressions of him. Mentions his fear that the lack of literary style in America is responsible for the poverty that exists among the biographers. Asks him to write some of his recollections of the Biological gatherings. Mentions that his book is almost finished. Wishes that he could have consulted him. Civilities. Attached are detailed notes from Cushing about this letter which he considers very important.
Letter to William Osler from Ernest A. Gowers, 1, Campden Hill Square, London, England. (Letter inserted in "Diseases of the Spinal Cord", Gowers, 1881.) Thanks for his kind note. Details about the last hours of his father. Glad that Osler saw him and that his father recognized him, as he has been a good friend to his father all through. The funeral service will be at St. Peter's, Vere Street, with cremation at Golder's Green. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from Alfred Keogh, War Office, London, England. Mentions that he wrote him about the Americans. Wishes that MacAlister had been more explicit about them. Thinks that they had better not do anything at present. Hopes that the McGill Unit will not delay. They might have to wait in England but their presence would make (the War Office) feel safer.
Letter to William Osler from George de Schweinitz, 1075, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Invitation to deliver the first oration of the Weir Mitchell Oration, in the fall of 1916. Understands that it may be difficult for him to answer because of the war, but enjoins him to not cast it aside. Hopes that war will be over by this time. Will give him more details when he will receive his answer, and James C. Wilson will also do the same. Civilities.
Letter to William Osler from Herbert Stanley Birkett, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Cable). Delighted that Revere is coming. He has mailed a letter with details last Friday.
