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Photographs of a Dutch-language diploma, dated August 25, 1913, conferring upon Andrew Carnegie the rank of Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau (i.e., Orde van Oranje Nassau), a military and civil order created in the Netherlands in 1892 and letters of correspondence. The accompanying typewritten letters include: a letter to Mr. Barrow asking if Mr. Carnegie wants the enclosed letters showing his rank in the Orde van Oranje Nassau and Legion d'honneur, dated Aug. 5, 1914, from J A P (probably J.A. Poynton, Andrew Carnegie's secretary), a letter from James G. Bailey relating to Mr. Carnegie his "pleasure in enclosing herewith an envelope, just received, containing the documents of the Chancelery relating to the decorations of the Orange Order", a letter from Lloyd Bryce informing Andrew Carnegie that the decoration he last received from Holland was the "Grand Cordon D'Orange Nassau", and a French language letter written to J.A. Poynton informing Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie of his receiving the rank of Commander of the Legion d'honneur, dated Paris, June 2, 1914, with Senat at the top left corner of the letter. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 35 x 26 cm.; 4 typewritten pages are encased in acid-free sleeves in a separate folder entitled: Cross-- Order of Nassau-- Holland, two diplomas and letter