The letter was penned by Archibald Gracie, who survived the ship’s sinking.
by Richard Whiddington, April 28, 2025
On the day that Archibald Gracie boarded the Titanic in Southampton, England, he wrote a letter to an acquaintance in London offering his first impressions of the ship. Gracie, a former American soldier and amateur historian, was not completely convinced.
“It is a fine ship but I shall await my journeys end before I pass judgment on her,” he wrote an unidentified European ambassador using White Star Line stationary marked with the words “on board RMS Titanic.” Gracie remained loyal to the Oceanic, the ship upon which he had crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the past. “While she does not possess the elaborate style and varied amusement of this big ship, still her sea worthy qualities and yacht like appearance make me miss her.”
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