Byron Rufus Newton to Unknown, April 7, 1915

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON.

April 7, 1915.

To Whom It May Concern:

The bearers of this note, Miss Jane Addams, the head of Hull House, Chicago, Illinois; Miss Edith Abbott, Secretary of the Immigration Protective League, and Miss Sophonisba Breckinridge, Assistant Dean of Women and Lecturer in the Law School of Chicago University, are to participate in the International Congress of Women, at The Hague, on April 28th. They are among the most distinguished of America's women, and I bespeak for them every possible courtesy and consideration.

Respectfully,

Byron R. Newton [signed]
Acting Secretary.