Papers and correspondence regarding London Peace Conference- London Peace Conference Washington Peace Committee, 1916-1918

In 1917, Isaac Sharpless, was requested (possibly by Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting) to form a commission to report at a peace conference in London at the close of the war on the position of Friends in regard to war and specifically the implication of the testimony in national life and international relations. He wrote to Francis R. Taylor, among others, requesting that they serve as delegates to the conference. Taylor agreed. The correspondence folder includes letters of Isaac Sharpless, L. Hollingsworth Wood and Henry J. Cadbury and the League to Enforce Peace, headed by its president, William H. Taft (no Taft signatures), to Francis R. Taylor who became a League speaker. Contains: letters and telegrams urging action on the ""preparedness"" (for war) issue, 1916 and n.d. Letters from Dewees, Arthur M- TLS of Anna Strong to Francis R. Taylor. 1916 Apr. 22. On ""The Anti ""Preparedness"" committee letterhead. [oversight in that name of strong presidential peace candidate, Henry Ford, did not get placed on Penna. ballot]; Francis R. Taylor- [Taylor objects to Watson's speech in Congress on American rights, not American obligations]. Watson responded referring to the discussion of the Hay Army bill; Wood, L.H.