[3] Wu Tingfang, Chinese diplomat and politician, called Mrs. Harriet White Fisher "The most wonderful woman in America.

To this end, I began as a regular apprentice, learned to temper steel, chisel the face of an anvil, mold vises and make rails.

"[9] Initial reports prior to her journey revealed that her four-seat car was built in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and had a 40-horsepower engine with no special equipment.

[10] The planned route was to ship the car to England, travel to her Italian villa at Lake Como, and then continue through Egypt, India, Japan, and back to the United States[11] A bon voyage party was announced in July 1909 at the Automobile Club of America.

[14] A contemporary newspaper account stated that Fisher and her entourage had completed their journey to Japan and that the travelers and the vehicle were back in San Francisco, California.

The report of their marriage in the Trenton Evening Times states the bride's name as Mrs. White, a widow who moved to Flushing, Queens in 1896.

It was described as a quiet ceremony in the press because the groom's brother (Edgardes) had died on the Titanic a few days earlier.