Letter from The White House to Professor Elie Wiesel on his birthday

This document is an invitation from the Office of Protocol, US Mission to the UN, on behalf of Richard C. Holbrooke and Kati Marton Holbrooke. It requests the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Wiesel's company at a dinner held in honor of President Nelson Mandela and Ms. Graca Machel. The dinner is scheduled for Friday, February 25, 2000, at 7:00 p.m. at The Waldorf Astoria Towers in New York City. The document includes an RSVP phone number and features a handwritten note 'Regrets', indicating the Wiesels' response to the invitation.

This document is an invitation from The President and Mrs. Obama requesting the pleasure of the recipient's company at a dinner. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at five o'clock. The venue for the dinner is The Smithsonian National Museum of American History, located at 1300 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington D.C. 20560. The dress code specified is 'Black Tie'.

Rebecca gifts George and Julia Hoffman (Maria's children) the story of Little Red Riding Hood and updates them on her sister Sarah's (Sally) health.

Rebecca continues to worry about the well-being of her sister-in-law Maria and her journey back to Kentucky. She also shares updates on the health and travel of family and friends.

Rebecca tells her friend Margaret (Peggy) of a recent checker game with her brother, continues their musings about their friendship and letter writing, and informs her of the spread of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia.

Margaret (Peggy) writes to her friend Rebecca with the primary purpose, as she makes clear, to receive a letter from the latter in return.