Houghton MS Am 1308 (362) - Peace Conference cartoon

"Be it peace or war, Uncle Sam will be well represented at the Hague." Cartoon referencing the American delegation to the First International Peace Conference at the Hague, 1899. From The Journal, Minneapolis. MS Am 1308 (362), Frederick William Holls Papers, Houghton Library, Harvard University
May 17, 1899, the American Commission to the Peace Conference of The Hague met for the first time at the house of the American Minister, The Honorable Stanford Newel, the members in the order named in the instructions from the State Department being Andrew D. White, Seth Low, Stanford Newel, Captain Alfred T. Mahan of the United States Navy, Captain William Crozier of the United States Army, and Frederick W. Holls, Secretary. Mr. White.