At this moment I have not time to say more, but I hope to hear from you and to see you again. There is much to do and to say in the future. I shall need the good advice and guidance of such friends as your good self and one of my Aunt’s last requests was that I invite you with a few other such friends to compose a committee to advise with me in the future. Very truly yours, (Signed) STEPHEN E. BARTON. EXCERPTS FROM OTHER LETTERS Concerning the biography of my Aunt, she desired that I call to my assistance several of her good friends, including your dear self. STEPHEN E. BARTON. From a letter to the author, and dated November 18, 1912. I judge from your letter that you may not be aware that a preliminary biography of my Aunt has been written by Reverend Percy H. Epler, of Worcester, and published by the Macmillans. I have organized a literary committee composed of Reverend William E. Barton of Oak Park, Illinois, Reverend Percy H. Epler of Worcester, Massachusetts, Honorable Francis Atwater of New Haven, Connecticut, Dr. Julian B. Hubbell of Glen Echo, Maryland, and myself. STEPHEN E. BARTON. From a letter to the author, and dated February 29, 1916. AUTHORIZED Charles Sumner Young was authorized by Clara Barton to write the history of her life and so far as I know the only person so authorized. JULIAN B. HUBBELL. Clara Barton’s General Field Agent for the twenty-three years she was President of the American Red Cross. Glen Echo, Maryland, July 8, 1922. XCVIII Last words of Clara Barton: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Let me go! Let me go! PERCY H. EPLER, Author. A diagnosis of Clara Barton’s illness was made a few months before she passed. The report of the Doctors was that every organ in her body was perfect—heart, lungs, stomach—every organ functioning as in her youth. THE AUTHOR. This morning’s papers (Tuesday, April 23, 1912) are filled with startling stories to the effect that Miss Barton died of a broken heart, caused by a clique of Washington politicians and ambitious society people. That she died of a broken heart, so caused, is a fact. W. H. SEARS, Secretary to Clara Barton. Considerable comment was caused at the funeral of Clara Barton by the absence of any representative of ——, or of the American National Red Cross, the organization which Miss Barton founded; neither were there any flowers from either the organization nor the White House in evidence. Rockford (Ills.) _Register Gazette_. Governments are but the voice of the people. CLARA BARTON.