George S. Barsoom wrote this letter on June 1, 1897 to Clara Barton about her pending visit to Baltimore, Maryland for a meeting. It was found in the south wall of the SW basement in the Glen Echo building by National Park Service staff during restoration work in July, 1980.
The “Mr. Pullman” referred to in this letter is George Pullman, financial secretary for the American Red Cross from 1892 until December 7, 1897. George Pullman was the son of Reverend Royal H. Pullman, a pastor at a Universalist Church in Baltimore and nephew of George M. Pullman, inventor of the Pullman Sleeper Car and railroad fame.