Correspondence from Ella Rives King to Gwendolen King

Dated 12 December 1915

Correspondence to Gwendolen King Armstrong (Mrs. E. M. Armstrong) from her mother Ella Rives King (Mrs. David King). The letter mentions the wife of Whitney Warren, an American Beaux-Arts architect. Warren founded one of the most prolific and successful architectural practices in America, Warren & Wetmore, and was responsible for design of Grand Central Terminal and the Biltmore Hotel. His wife, Charlotte Augusta Tooker, was the eldest daughter of prominent New York lawyer, and a member of Mrs. Astor's Four Hundred. Ella writes that Charlotte is in trouble with the Custom House in Paris and that she was denounced by German spies. Ella also attended a lecture by Warren himself.

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