Curtis Guild Jr.
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Curtis Guild Jr. was an American journalist, soldier, diplomat and politician from Massachusetts. He was the 43rd governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1906 to 1909. Prior to his election as governo
c. 1905 portrait photograph by John Garo
John L. Bates, published 1905
Eben Sumner Draper, 1914 photograph
William Woodville Rockhill
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William Woodville Rockhill was a United States diplomat, best known as the author of the U.S.'s Open Door Policy for China, the first American to learn to speak Tibetan, and one of the West's leading
Curtis Guild Jr.
…countries, which went into effect in January 1913, resulting in higher tariffs and reduced Russian imports. This took place after Guild's predecessor, William Woodville Rockhill, had recently promoted closer economic ties between the countries, including the possibility of major US investment in the improvement of Russia's…
William Woodville Rockhill
Four Westerners in Tatsienlu, 1890, photographed by Prince Henri d'Orléans. From left: Father Déjean, Bishop Félix Biet, the American Tibetologist William Woodville Rockhill and Father Jean André Soulié
Rockhill at Washington, D. C. in 1902
The Land of the Lamas